Tiny Indian state proposes world’s biggest experiment with guaranteed income
If successful, the scheme would represent the largest trial run anywhere in the world of a concept that supporters such as Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg say could provide a safety net, help alleviate poverty and address the challenge of job automation. Detractors, meanwhile, say it would reduce the incentive to work and would come at a huge expense.
One space between each sentence, they said. Science just proved them wrong.
In the beginning, the rules of the space bar were simple. Two spaces after each period. Every time. Easy. That made sense in the age of the typewriter. Letters of uniform width looked cramped without extra space after the period. Typists learned not to do it. But then, at the end of the 20th century, the typewriter gave way to the word processor, and the computer, and modern variable-width fon
CIA Director Pompeo met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Easter weekend
CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a top-secret visit to North Korea as an envoy for President Trump to meet with Kim Jong Un, and plans for a possible summit between the two leaders are underway, Trump confirmed Wednesday. The extraordinary meeting between one of Trump’s most trusted emissaries and the authoritarian head of a rogue state was part of an effort to lay the groundwork for direct talks bet
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Francis Fukuyama is a senior fellow at Stanford University and director of its Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law. His book “Identity: The Demand for Dignity and the Politics of Resentment” will be published in September. Since 1978, China’s authoritarian political system has been different from virtually all other dictatorships in part because the ruling Communist Party has been
Which of the 11 American nations do you live in?
Red states and blue states? Flyover country and the coasts? How simplistic. Colin Woodard, a reporter at the Portland Press Herald and author of several books, says North America can be broken neatly into 11 separate nation-states, where dominant cultures explain our voting behaviors and attitudes toward everything from social issues to the role of government. “The borders of my eleven American na
The smartest economist you’ve never heard of
Olivier Blanchard’s tenure at the IMF capped a lifelong effort to restore economics as a disciplined way of thinking about the world that is truthful, intuitive and useful. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post) ILE DE RE, France — When David Lipton, a promising economist, was finishing his graduate work at Harvard in the early 1980s, he faced one of those potentially life-changing choices. He had on
Ever wondered how slugs make more slugs? Like this...
Ever wondered how slugs make more slugs? Like this... Leopard slugs mating in Washington Post columnist John Kelly’s driveway in Silver Spring. (John Kelly/The Washington Post)
Mapping how the United States generates its electricity
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Every state flag is wrong, and here is why
As long as we’re on the subject of flags that should and should not be flown in states, let’s take a moment to talk about state flags.
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