This week at Balkinization we are hosting a symposium on John Witt's new book, The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America (Simon and
Schuster, 2025). We have assembled a terrific group of commentators, including Michelle Adams (Michigan), David Bernstein (George Mason), Mary Dudziak (Emory), William [...]
On Sept. 16 the United States and United Kingdom announced the Tech Prosperity Deal. Launched at a major bilateral summit attended both by heads of state and of frontier AI
labs and technology companies (including Nvidia’s Jensen Huang and OpenAI’s Sam Altman), it promises an unprecedented $200 billion investment from U.S. [...]
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the last 24 hours. Here’s today’s news: ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR – CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGES AND PRISONER RELEASE “The defense establishment clarifies that, contrary [...]
Meat consumption imposes externalities on farmed animals. According to basic economic principles, such negative externalities can be addressed through corrective measures,
such as taxation, which align private costs with the broader social costs. This raises a novel policy question: should meat be taxed to account for its impact on [...]
Vetting international students and researchers, screening funding sources and collaborations or restricting fields with dual-use potential – in a world of intensified geopolitical
tensions and fierce competition over technological leadership, science and research have moved to the very heart of national security concerns. [...]
