October 15, 2019
October 09, 2019
NBA abandons Hong Kong for Communist rule
September 17, 2019
The problem with intellectuals
I am in the curious position of being a blogger who distrusts opinions. The late yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar put it best when he wrote, “An opinion is yesterday’s right or wrong knowledge warmed up and re-served for today’s situation.” Continue Reading...
August 15, 2019
The EU shuts citizens out of abortion funding policy
When nations rejected the European Union out of fear it would not be accountable to EU citizens, politicians unveiled a new proposal: a citizens’ initiative known as the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI). Continue Reading...
August 05, 2019
A Quaker economist’s lesson on seeking the truth together
August 05, 2019
Letter from China: Civic virtue without freedom?
July 01, 2019
Is social media the source of our social problems?
The British economist John Kay made a powerful argument in his 2011 book Obliquity: Why our goals are best achieved indirectly that the best way to achieve any complex of broadly defined goal is indirectly through a gradual process of risk taking and discovery. Continue Reading...
June 21, 2019
From folkways to institutions: Why culture matters for the economy
In our efforts to reduce poverty and spur economic growth, we can be overly consumed in debates about top-down policy tactics and the proper allocation of physical resources. Yet, as many economists are beginning to recognize, the distinguishing features of free and flourishing societies are more readily found at the levels of culture—attitudes, beliefs, and imagination. Continue Reading...
June 17, 2019
New York’s rent regulations: people over profit?
June 11, 2019