When helping is not helpful

AMERICAN parents are more involved in their children's lives than ever: They schedule play dates, assist with homework and even choose college courses.

What happens when we have enough?

JOHN Maynard Keynes was right about the future. But he was wrong about how we'd be spending it. "In the long run," Keynes famously wrote, "we are all dead". I rate that claim true. But it actually has little to do with Keynes' views on the subject.