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Education

The New College Try

Gritty Hammond, Ind., and 80 other cities in decline have a novel approach to economic development: They're attracting new residents by offering to pay for their children to attend college. But is a promise to pay tuition a growth strategy — or welfare for the middle class?

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Economics

Scary Cinema Verité

A documentary film warns that America's fiscal policies are a looming disaster as Wall Street melts down in real time.

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Economics

Market Failure

Two professors explain why small government, loose regulations and an over-reliance on markets eventually cost taxpayers.

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Economics

Bill of Goods: The World’s Biggest Boondoggles

As seen in our main story on a cure for billion-dollar cost overruns, here's a look at some infamous public works projects and what went wrong.

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Economics

Derailing the Boondoggle

A Danish professor promotes a cure for billion-dollar cost overruns in government megaprojects: Use past boondoggles as a baseline.

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News in Brief

Terror Trials May Distort Civilian Courts

Court experts worry that actions taken in prosecuting terrorism could erode protections for those accused of common crimes.

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Economics

Parallels in Government Spending and Suicide

Two economists say increased public health spending may lower suicide rates. But how?

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Should the Government Make Us Happy?

In Europe and elsewhere, governments are using ideas from the new science of well-being to try to make citizens more content. Will America follow their lead?

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