Technology
-
•
AI Consciousness Could Become a Regulatory Moat
Incumbent AI firms may benefit from a regulatory regime in which machine consciousness is considered plausible but remains impossible to prove or disprove.
-
•
The Great Repricing of the College Degree
The college wage premium remains substantial, but has declined sharply since 2022. Generative AI may be part of the explanation, but it is not the whole story.
-
•
How Markets Fought Mosquitoes
More than a cartoon prop, the old-fashioned FLIT gun was one of many innovations that gave ordinary households unprecedented power over pests that plagued us for centuries.
-
•
AI Raises the Value of What It Can’t Replicate
From Broadway to the workplace, people pay a premium for what technology cannot reproduce. AI may make distinctly human qualities more valuable, not less.
-
•
Business Conditions Monthly June 2026
Forward-looking indicators surged in June, even as current economic activity remained moderate and labor-market weakness complicated the outlook.
-
•
America Can’t Revive Manufacturing by Shunning Robots
America won’t outcompete China by restricting imports on robots. It will win by becoming the best place in the world to build and deploy them.
-
•
Flock Cameras vs. Freedom: Welcome to the Warrantless Panopticon
Flock cameras promise easier policing by destroying the Fourth Amendment — creating a permanent, searchable, warrantless database of everywhere Americans go.
-
•
The Permitting Problem Blocking America’s Industrial Comeback
Regulatory delays have stalled critical mining, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects, but permitting reform could unlock America’s industrial potential.
-
•
Immigrants Build America’s Most Valuable Companies
Visa holders founded half of today’s Fortune 500 companies and a majority of billion-dollar startups. Current restrictions damage that competitive advantage and choke off future growth.
-
•
Keeping Cool: The Air Conditioner That Changed America
The time price of air conditioning has fallen 98.6 percent since 1952. That ordinary luxury saves lives every summer.
-
•
AI Consciousness Could Become a Regulatory Moat
Incumbent AI firms may benefit from a regulatory regime in which machine consciousness is considered plausible but remains impossible to prove or disprove.
-
•
The Great Repricing of the College Degree
The college wage premium remains substantial, but has declined sharply since 2022. Generative AI may be part of the explanation, but it is not the whole story.
-
•
How Markets Fought Mosquitoes
More than a cartoon prop, the old-fashioned FLIT gun was one of many innovations that gave ordinary households unprecedented power over pests that plagued us for centuries.
-
•
AI Raises the Value of What It Can’t Replicate
From Broadway to the workplace, people pay a premium for what technology cannot reproduce. AI may make distinctly human qualities more valuable, not less.
-
•
Business Conditions Monthly June 2026
Forward-looking indicators surged in June, even as current economic activity remained moderate and labor-market weakness complicated the outlook.
-
•
America Can’t Revive Manufacturing by Shunning Robots
America won’t outcompete China by restricting imports on robots. It will win by becoming the best place in the world to build and deploy them.
-
•
Flock Cameras vs. Freedom: Welcome to the Warrantless Panopticon
Flock cameras promise easier policing by destroying the Fourth Amendment — creating a permanent, searchable, warrantless database of everywhere Americans go.
-
•
The Permitting Problem Blocking America’s Industrial Comeback
Regulatory delays have stalled critical mining, manufacturing, and infrastructure projects, but permitting reform could unlock America’s industrial potential.
-
•
Immigrants Build America’s Most Valuable Companies
Visa holders founded half of today’s Fortune 500 companies and a majority of billion-dollar startups. Current restrictions damage that competitive advantage and choke off future growth.
-
•
Keeping Cool: The Air Conditioner That Changed America
The time price of air conditioning has fallen 98.6 percent since 1952. That ordinary luxury saves lives every summer.