Innovation
These companies could use AI to make energy cheaper—if the government lets them
Donald Trump promised on the campaign trail to halve electricity prices within 18 months of taking office. With more than half of that period now elapsed, it seems that the president will fall well short of his goal. In…
Why college students prefer socialism—and why they’re wrong
People criticize capitalism. A recent Axios-Generation Lab poll says, "College students prefer socialism to capitalism." Why? Because they believe absurd myths. Like the claim that the Soviet Union "wasn't…
The haters are wrong. Netflix’s glut of Christmas movies is good, actually.
I'm not afraid to admit it: I love Christmas movies. The cheesy ones, the sentimental ones, the ones where the girl from the big city goes home for the holidays, rediscovers the true meaning of something vaguely defined,…
Bernie Sanders wants to pause new data centers to stop the economy from growing too much
The United States is leading a global data center boom. Investors are plowing some $7 trillion into the infrastructure necessary to support AI development, with 40 percent of that investment happening here in the United…
Trump’s executive order on AI tries to override state regulations
President Donald Trump announced his executive order, "ensuring a national policy framework for artificial intelligence," on Thursday. While the order self-admittedly does not create a national regulatory framework…
New discovery could curb plastic pollution by turning waste into fuel
A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University of Delaware announced a breakthrough in hydrogenolysis, a chemical reaction that uses hydrogen gas…
Trump’s $100,000 H1-B visa fee could push jobs to other countries
In December 2024, a battle erupted between the tech right and the nativist right over the H-1B visa program, which allows American employers to hire foreign workers in specialty fields. When President-elect Donald Trump…
Why a patchwork of state AI regulations could threaten U.S. innovation
Artificial intelligence is advancing rapidly in the United States, but one thing threatens the industry's growth: state regulations. In July 2025, 38 states passed about 100 AI measures, according to the National…
Good industrial policy doesn’t exist. But Republicans and Democrats keep trying.
American industry has been getting a lot of hands-on direction from Democrats and Republicans for quite some time now. Every few years, someone looks at the underwhelming results of this economic maneuvering and insists that…
Excerpt from ‘The Idea Machine’ by Joel J. Miller
In The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco describes a labyrinthine monastic library large enough to lose oneself in. The novelist didn't mention how many books filled its rooms, but John O. Ward of the University of Sydney…
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