Mitt Romney Wins Wisconsin

The presumptive nominee takes Wisconsin by a desultory but solid margin, making him more inevitable than the day before. The secret (besides lots of cash)? Santorum’s advantage among evangelicals is also his ceiling.

Privatization and Other Policy Reads

Why Chicago is now the Fourth City behind New York, Los Angeles, and… Washington D.C.?; the European model of infrastructure privatization and why they’re so much better at it than us; and more

Would Winning the Mega Millions Make You Unhappy or Broke?

It’s accepted folk wisdom that lottery winners end up miserable and/or bankrupt. Two Northwestern psychologists found that winning the lottery actually makes you happy and less stressed—but less able to enjoy what you did before, for no net effect on your happiness. One piece of advice: if you win, keep the news to yourself.