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Economic Scene: Liberal Biases, Too, May Block Progress on Climate Change
Conservative arguments that climate change is a hoax are absurd. But liberal resistance to nuclear power plants might be equally damaging.

Cost of College: How to Use Tax Credits to Increase College Attendance
Researchers found tax credits did not increase attendance, but eliminating paperwork and delivering dollars at the right time could work.

Old Houses From Canada Become New Homes in Washington State
Houses from British Columbia have been taken by barge and restored in the San Juan Islands to help give struggling families an affordable way to stay.

The 2016 Race: Campaigns are Long, Expensive and Chaotic. Maybe That’s a Good Thing.
If you were on the search committee to hire a C.E.O., you would want the hardest simulation you could get.

Connecticut Chooses to Cut Jobs Over Increased Taxes in Budget Crisis
Starting with a wave of layoffs last Monday, and despite union advertising, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy has focused on trimming overhead as taxable personal income has declined.

In Cramped and Costly Bay Area, Cries to Build, Baby, Build
An activist who calls her group BARF is pushing for more housing, pitting cranky homeowners and the political establishment against newcomers who want the region to make room for them, too.

Economic View: Why There’s Hope for the Middle Class (With Help From China)
Better times may be ahead as China innovates, technological skills become more egalitarian and social norms evolve.

The 2016 Race: At Debate, Hillary Clinton Leaves Questions About Approach to Banks
She might have left viewers confused about how she might use two powers under the Dodd-Frank Act to break up big banks.