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Automation Nation? Exaggeration!
No, robots won’t cause mass unemployment. But our failure to prepare people for the high-end service economy could be a real disaster.
By Stephen Rose Ruy Teixeira No, robots won’t cause mass unemployment. But our failure to prepare people for the high-end service economy could be a real disaster.
Our Divided Education System
Vocational training—to the near-exclusion of all else—now sometimes begins in ninth grade. It makes a kind of sense, but...really?
By Clara Bates Vocational training—to the near-exclusion of all else—now sometimes begins in ninth grade. It makes a kind of sense, but...really?
Yes, Government Creates Wealth
Economics has never accepted the idea that the public sector creates wealth. But it does—and acknowledging that can lead to sweeping change.
By Mariana Mazzucato Economics has never accepted the idea that the public sector creates wealth. But it does—and acknowledging that can lead to sweeping change.
The Right Against the Law
So state courts hand down decisions you don’t like. What do you do? If you’re on the right, try to defund the courts.
By James Traub So state courts hand down decisions you don’t like. What do you do? If you’re on the right, try to defund the courts.
What’s Left of the Right?
Can the Republican Party survive Trump? Should it? Four Never-Trump conservatives discuss.
By David Frum Liz Mair Jennifer Rubin Peter Wehner Can the Republican Party survive Trump? Should it? Four Never-Trump conservatives discuss.