From the Cover
Education
What Constitutes “Discrimination” in College Admissions?
Universities regularly accept applicants for reasons besides academic merit, so why do diversity efforts draw special criticism?
Environment
The Climate‐Change Doomsday Trap
Given human nature, claims of a looming Armageddon are likely to move humanity closer to an environmental tipping point.
Housing
Recalibrating Local Politics to Increase the Supply of Housing
State planning mandates and development‐rights auctions can bolster pro‐housing factions in local government.
Briefly Noted
Features
Environment
De‐Sludging California’s Prop 65
The carcinogen disclosure requirement has not been shown to provide benefits that justify its high cost.
Five Questions for 3,508 Economists
The signatories of the recent “Economists’ Statement on Carbon Dividends” must address some important issues.
Health & Medicine
Properly Valuing Gene Replacement Therapy
The revolutionary drugs are expensive, but they offer cures to difficult and costly lifetime conditions.
In Memorium
In Memoriam