Human flourishing

February 13, 2019

New Elinor Ostrom Women in Economics video

Over at Marginal Revolution University they have kicked off a new series of videos on Women in Economics: Women in Economics highlights the groundbreaking and inspiring work of female economists — not only to recognize the important work they’ve done but to also share their inspirational journeys. Continue Reading...

February 12, 2019

Crushing the poor: agricultural tariffs and subsidies

There are a lot of campaigns and organizations dedicated to alleviating extreme poverty found in the developing world. These same groups advocate for the provision of what the material poor often lack: clean water, decent housing, financial capital, nutrition, etc. Continue Reading...

January 21, 2019

Martin Luther King Jr., moral philosopher

Almost everyone has read Letter from Birmingham Jail – a brilliant essay. Just about everyone recognizes Martin Luther King Jr. as a great civil rights activist and orator. Which he certainly was. Continue Reading...

January 18, 2019

Socialism and the vicious circle of child marriage

She was the brightest girl in her class, and 13-year-old Maureen dreamed of an education that would get her out of the poverty that bogged down her hometown of Mudzi, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe. Continue Reading...

January 14, 2019

Toward ‘humanomics’: Deirdre McCloskey on honoring the world of human creation

In her transformative Bourgeois Era trilogy, economist Deirdre McCloskey challenged our popular theories about the causes of our newfound economic prosperity, arguing that it sprung not from new systems, tools, or materials, but rather the ideas, virtues, and rhetoric behind them. Continue Reading...

January 11, 2019

A call for harmony — and a demand for truth

Pope Francis’ recent Christmas message, ‘Urbi et Orbi’, was a meditation on the roots of fraternity in the incarnation: What does that Child, born for us of the Virgin Mary, have to tell us? Continue Reading...

January 03, 2019

Americans are more likely to find their ‘meaning in life’ in money than in faith

What makes your life meaningful? For Christians the answer should be some variation of our faith in God. But if that’s your answer you are distinctly in the minority in the U.S. Continue Reading...

December 27, 2018

What you can do this coming new year to increase economic freedom

When we think of the concept “economic freedom” we often think about essential liberties and the factors that make them possible (e.g., free markets, the rule of law, and property rights). Continue Reading...

November 30, 2018

How the $15 minimum wage is pushing New York’s car washers to the margins

As protests for a $15-per-hour minimum wage continue to rage across the country, cities like Seattle and Minneapolis and states like California and New York have begun to adopt such schemes, leading to a range of unfortunate case studies in economic destruction. Continue Reading...

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