We analyze the joint dynamics of religious beliefs, scientific progress and coalitional politics along both religious and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as part of the paper's motivating evidence we also uncover...

We analyze the joint dynamics of religious beliefs, scientific progress and coalitional politics along both religious and economic lines. History offers many examples of the recurring tensions between science and organized religion, but as part of the paper's motivating evidence we also uncover...

Since the end of WWII, the United States was the leading force globally for free trade. Since the early 1980s, it was also the leading force for laissezfaire economics, promoting the “Washington Consensus” of limited government and free markets, both at home and abroad. That era has...

Innovation has powered America’s economy, creating good jobs and a high standard of living. Yet, the U.S. share of innovation-based industries is in decline, jeopardizing our status as the world’s innovation leader. And one reason is that the United States has been unable to produce enough...

- Introduction. The roots and risks of today’s techno-mythologies -- 1. Technology is changing the world as never before -- 2. Technology is destroying individual privacy -- 3. Social media is polarizing America -- 4. Technology is driving today’s societal distrust -- 5. AI’s arrival is an...

This important book delivers a critical wake-up call: a fierce global race for innovation advantage is under way, and while other nations are making support for technology and innovation a central tenet of their economic strategies and policies, America lacks a robust innovation policy. What...