Over the years many have wondered “who makes the bots?” and “how do they make money?” There’s a small handful of expert bot makers that maintain vast botnets. These botnets can be used for various ...

In our last issue, Steven Kelman of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government criticized cost-benefit analysis from the perspective not of economics but of ethical theory. He concluded that in health, ...

The main agreements reached by the international community at COP28 (Dubai, 2023) included decisions to phase out the use of hydrocarbons, committing countries to: a) transition away from fossil fuels ...

The coronavirus pandemic has forced governments to face excruciating trade-offs. Benefit-cost analysis is a standard framework for making policy trade-offs, and some have suggested that it be used to ...

Under the Trump administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission is in the process of revamping its approach to the cost-benefit analysis it performs in support of its regulatory actions. These ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Amid heated debate over the Legislature’s work on property taxes, I’d like to chime in with a ...