With the help of its legislature and four successive governors, Connecticut has become a key hub for bioscience. Google the word “CT biotech” and the number of recent news articles about successful ...

Earlier this year, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, correctly noted that “American economic superiority means cutting China off from American ingenuity and halting the subsidization of [Chinese Communist ...

The House of Representatives just passed a resolution condemning the “horrors of socialism” by a 285 to 98 margin. All the no votes were cast by Democrats indicating that a majority of the members ...

Legislation to restrict assessment of credit card interchange fees has been proposed in multiple states this year, but is unlikely to pass in any. Progressive Democrats like Senator Bernie Sanders ...

It’s a rare day when two of music’s biggest rockers weigh in on public policy. But that’s exactly what happened ...

Whatever political opposition existed around restricting drug prices through government intervention — and there was quite a lot not so long ago — seems to have largely disappeared. In other words, ...

This week, President Donald Trump issued an order he says will bring down Americans' prescription drug prices. The order will likely have little effect, but it's a perfect example of the government ...

Ever since college, I have subscribed to the Enlightenment view of the world, which is based on the belief that knowledge mostly moves forward. Experimentation and scholarship produce facts and ...

The Trump administration has done a good job with promoting a free-market approach in many of its policies. However, they have taken a completely different tact to reduce prescription drug prices in ...

For decades, America’s drug-price debate has centered on a fundamental tension: How do policymakers encourage expensive research and development, while ensuring that companies keep final prices ...

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders each want to pass federal legislation to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent. If those two very different guys agree on something, it must be a good idea.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Allison Schrager is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering economics. A senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, she is author of “An Economist Walks Into a Brothel: And Other ...