The image of an aggressive shark in the deep ocean is graphic and terrifying, but the risk of mundane threats far outweighs the risk from shark attack.

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the treatment of addictive disorders.

Although world population has doubled in the last 50 years and grown almost continuously since at least 10,000 B.C.E., prominent demographers are now projecting a forthcoming peak in world population and a subsequent decline.

Traditionally, the primary goal of electric utility regulation has been to control the pricing behavior of monopoly providers in order to achieve reliable electric supply at a low cost to consumers.

Climate change is a serious concern, perhaps the most serious environmental concern of the 21st century. But the 2018 UN report did not suggest a greenhouse apocalypse would soon be upon us, nor that humanity faces an imminent ecological deadline to act.

The Lost History of Western Civilization underscores the importance of Western civilization and restores it to its rightful place in the history of the American — and more broadly, Western — experiment in liberty and individual dignity.

The world changed enormously in 2020, presenting the average American with a great deal of uncertainty and fodder for sleepless nights.

In any case, we accept that, for all its flaws, democracy is the way the United States is supposed to work.

Diane Coyle describes herself as “a British economist and policymaker.” In her current book on microeconomic policy, her essential question is, “Which activities should be done by the government, which by the market, or in some other way?”

As a long-time advocate of expanded immigration, I am delighted to have left/​liberal Matthew Yglesias as an ally.

The debate over precisely what brought about the Great Depression has raged for nearly a century.

Carlos de la Torre’s Populisms: A Quick Immersion reviews the theories and practices of populism over the last century, with a particular focus on Latin American’s versions and the lessons for the current American and European varieties.

The author who has most informed my thinking about climate change is Robert Pindyck, professor of economics at MIT’s Sloan School of Management.

Among the handful of consolations to emerge from the hellscape of 2020 is the immutability of certain verities: Fish gotta swim.