Giffen goods are non-luxury items that generate higher demand when prices rise, creating an upward-sloping demand curve contrary to standard laws of demand.

Officially, our form of government in the U.S. is a representative democracy. This means citizens vote for their government officials. But Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is of a different opinion ...

An excerpt adapted from 'Not Accountable: Rethinking the Constitutionality of Public Employee Unions' by Philip K. Howard.

The FDA announces a new definition of what’s ‘healthy’ But what’s good for you is a fraught topic — and the federal government has a spotty record on the subject ...

What will happen to our biggest shared institution if already wobblily trust in government—which fell as low as 16 percent last year—when the VA gets cleared out of frontline health workers?

The Alliance for Good Government has selected state Rep. Matthew Willard, a Democrat from New Orleans who chairs his party’s caucus, to receive its 2024 Legislator of the Year award.