Jordan Weissmann is an associate editor at The Atlantic. He has written for a number of publications, including The Washington Post and The National Law Journal.
This is a story about how innovation happens. It begins in 1386 after the great Papal Schism (seriously), demonstrates the ability of universities to foster capitalism, and concludes with a surprising hero of the modern world: lawyers. More »
The number of applicants with low LSAT scores has barely budged, while the number of top scorers has plummeted. More »
Government grew post-recession under the last three Republican presidents. Under Obama? More »
Meet The Minerva Project, the chest-beating, Silicon Valley-spawned, Larry Summers-backed "E-lite" college that just might reshape the worldwide market for education. More »
The problems in California's dysfunctional higher education system came to a violent head More »
Twenty-somethings are unemployed, living with their parents, and driving less. But Chevrolet's youth guru thinks he can convince generation stuck to get behind the wheel. More »
Possibly within 5 years, says the New York Fed. But it'll take some luck. More »
It's not. Men, minorities, and the young got the worst of the Great Recession, just like they did in every downturn for the past 30 years. More »
But should you buy a ticket? More »
A lot of them are still unemployed, but there might not be a special reason to worry about them More »
How America's higher education system became one big dropout factory More »
Renewable electricity might make up a small portion of the national energy picture. But some states are a whole heck of a lot further along than others. More »
The Environmental Protection Agency's new greenhouse gas rules could hasten the decline of America's top source of electricity. More »
Just 2.4 percent of U.S. workers are employed in green jobs -- and not all of them are high tech. More »
Auto makers are worried about the Millennials. They just don't seem to care about owning a car. Is this a generational shift, or just a lousy economy at work? Reuters.Kids these days. They don't get married. They don't buy homes. And, much to the dismay of the world's auto makers, they apparently don't feel a deep and abiding urge to own a car. This week, the New York Times pulled back the curtain on General Motors' recent, slightly bewildered efforts to… More »
In a new survey, two-thirds of high-debt borrowers said they didn't fully grasp how much their student loans would cost. More »
We're burying our country's future under a mountain of debt. More »
We've gone from the coal age to the oil age to the China age. More »
The GOP says that bailing out underwater homeowners rewards people who borrowed irresponsibly. But most of the homes entering foreclosure today were bought with prime mortgages. More »
One focused on funny ads. One focused on food. Guess who won? More »
