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Opinion & Politics: Reason Magazine – June 2024

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REASON MAGAZINE (March 21, 2024) – The latest issue features ‘The AI Issue’…

In the AI Economy, There Will Be Zero Percent Unemployment

AI developer Andrew Mayne explains why technology could create more jobs and lead to unprecedented economic growth.

The Future of AI Is Helping Us Discover the Past

An AI-generated image using the prompt, “Illustration of AI helping the study of history in the style of Da Vinci." | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson/Midjourney

Historical teaching and research are being revamped by AI.

VIRGINIA POSTREL

Will Antitrust Policy Smother the Power of AI?

An AI-generated image using the prompt, “Illustration of antitrust smothering the power of AI." | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson/Midjourney

Left alone, artificial intelligence could actually help small firms compete with tech giants.

PATRICK HEDGER

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Opinion & Politics: Reason Magazine – May 2024

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REASON MAGAZINE (March 21, 2024) – The latest issue features ‘What If America Runs Out Of Bombs?’ – Due to overzealous interventionism, the U.S. is dispensing munitions faster than they can be replaced…

What if America Runs Out of Bombs?

An illustration of Uncle Sam as a PEZ dispenser, dispensing bombs | Photo: Julian Dufort; Wikimedia

The U.S. is dispensing munitions to Ukraine and Israel faster than they can be replaced.

By MATTHEW PETTI

How Capitalism Beat Communism in Vietnam

Two photos illustrate Vietnam's progress over time | Photo: Hanoi, Vietnam, 1985; Christopher Pillitz/Gettya; Photo: Hanoi, Vietnam, 2020; Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty

It only took a generation to go from ration cards to exporting electronics.

RAINER ZITELMANN

Anti-Chinese Xenophobia Fueled America’s First Drug War

opium | Photo: An opium den in Chinatown, San Francisco, California, in 1898; REASON 31 Strohmeyer & Wyman/Library of Congress

Opium dens in San Francisco were patronized “by the vicious and the depraved,” politicians of the 1800s claimed.

JACOB SULLUM

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Opinion & Politics: Reason Magazine – April 2024

February 23, 2024 boomersdaily Leave a comment

REASON MAGAZINE (February 23, 2024) – The latest issue features ‘Commander In Chains?’ – What if a Presidential Candidate ends up in jail, incapacitated, or worse – in office?…

Commander in Chains: 7 Scenarios If Trump Is Jailed and Wins the Election

An illustration of a person wearing handcuffs in an orange prison jumpsuit with a presidential seal | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source image: Peter Dazeley/Getty

There is nothing in the Constitution that prevents an inmate from winning the presidency.

KEITH E. WHITTINGTON

Don’t Let E.U. Bureaucrats Design Americans’ Tech

An illustration of the European Union flag mangled by a frayed phone charging cord | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson

Some Democrats want to mimic the Europe’s policies on phone chargers and more.

JENNIFER HUDDLESTON

The Future of Immigration Is Privatization

featurefionaimmigrants | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source images: Clay Banks/Unsplash, PinkBadger/iStock

New immigration pathways are letting private citizens welcome refugees and other migrants—and getting the government out of the way.

FIONA HARRIGAN

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Opinion & Politics: Reason Magazine – February 2024

December 21, 2023 boomersdaily Leave a comment

REASON MAGAZINE (December 21, 2023) – The latest issue features ‘The Conformity Gauntlet’ – How Universities use DEI Statements to Enforce Groupthink; The Post-Neoliberalism Moment; We Absolutely Do Not Need an FDA for AI, and more…

Universities Use DEI Statements To Enforce Groupthink

An illustration showing college graduates navigating a maze | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson

DEI statements are political litmus tests, write Greg Lukianoff and Rikki Schlott.

The Post-Neoliberalism Moment

An illustration of Milton Friedman, Ludwig von Mises, and Friedrich Hayek | Illustration: Friedrich Hayek, Margaret Thatcher, and Milton Friedman; Joanna Andreasson REASON 27 Source images: Graphic Goods/Creative Market, Mosi/Fiverr

Anyone advocating neoliberal policies is now persona non grata in Washington, D.C.

DANIEL W. DREZNER

We Absolutely Do Not Need an FDA for AI

If our best and brightest technologists and theorists are struggling to see the way forward for AI, what makes anyone think politicians are going to get there first?

KATHERINE MANGU-WARD

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Opinion & Politics: Reason Magazine – December 2023

October 20, 2023 boomersdaily Leave a comment

REASON MAGAZINE (DECEMBER 2023) – The latest issue features The Endangered Species Act at 50 – Why have so few species been taken off the endangered species list?; Dobbs and the abortion debate is reshaping American Politics; Will Russia ever be free?, and more…