“Rational choice has come quite a way,” a Stanford University professor, Barry Weingast, said. “Thirty years ago, it was far outside the mainstream in political science in almost every respect.” Mr.

Why do people make short-term decisions that may not be in their long-term interest? An October 22-25 working group takes ...

We begin by positing a conception of pragmatism that is characterized by three basic philosophical commitments: consequentialism, fallibilism, and anti-skepticism. In light of that conception we ...