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Are we losing his equilibrium? Photographer: Aaron Tam/AFP/Getty Images
by Mark Buchanan | Aug 17, 2017 | Opinion
Humanity has a method for trying to prevent new technologies from getting out of hand: explore the possible negative consequences, involving all parties affected, and come to some agreement on ways to mitigate them. New research, though, suggests that the accelerating...
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A man walks by a billboard for a drug recovery center in Youngstown on July 14, 2017 in Youngstown, Ohio. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
by Mark Buchanan | Aug 10, 2017 | Opinion
Many economists genuinely want to make their field more scientific — grounded in empirical evidence rather than in theory or, worse, ideology. Yet a recent article by four prominent academics demonstrates the extent to which ideology remains a problem. My...
