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The most dramatic cost-benefit analyses look at reduced crime rates too.

Had it hit us, the storm could have knocked out power grids and caused widespread destruction, chaos, and death.

Despite no policy surprises, the Fed statement had a few meaningful language changes

With the worst outbreak in history playing out in West Africa, people everywhere are scared of Ebola. Is this a real threat to global health?

People can’t apply from their home countries, and 5 other things you need to know

The annual three-year revisions to GDP reveal households were richer and corporations were poorer than we realized

The Israel newspaper Ha’aretz mapped the first three weeks of the Gaza conflict. Here’s what the map tells us.

Sites like Leak, and apps like Share and Whisper are growing in popularity because we can’t quit our addiction to being public.

Both sides are deeply negligent in avoiding Palestinian civilian deaths, but in different ways.

Libya hasn’t been able to construct a functional government, and it’s created a deadly cycle of militia violence.

Americans let politicians choose their voters, and the results are pretty much what you’d expect.

Even if it comes down to the Supreme court, the lower court cases carry a lot of weight.

Any time the GDP report looks too great or too terrible, take a glance at final sales instead.