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October 26, 2021

Beyond material prosperity, economic freedom fosters virtue and relationship

In defending the cause of economic freedom, it can be easy to focus only on the material fruits, whether it be new innovations and efficiencies or the ongoing expansion of opportunity and abundance. Continue Reading...

August 23, 2021

Strong families are good for the economy – and vice versa

Families and free market economies: On the surface, they seem unrelated. We associate family with game nights, holiday traditions, and cute baby photos, while the economy is associated with the stock market, cold-hearted businessmen, and bloated corporations. Continue Reading...

July 06, 2021

Train a child, secure the future: Educating our kids about the free market

Like most children, I had training wheels when I first learned to ride my bike. Before riding without them, I needed to learn a few key fundamentals – how to peddle, how to steer, how to coordinate my hands and feet. Continue Reading...

June 21, 2021

A free-market ‘green revolution’

Mankind has an unquestionable obligation to protect the environment. As Pope Benedict XVI explained in the encyclical Caritas in Veritate, “the environment is God’s gift to everyone, and in our use of it we have a responsibility towards the poor, towards future generations, and towards humanity as a whole.” Continue Reading...

June 17, 2021

How socialism fosters an envious, covetous worldview

It’s hard to feel happy for people who are more successful than you. It’s easier to envy them – but doing so means forgetting that high achievers pave the way for others to succeed. Continue Reading...

May 01, 2020

Markets, populism and a fading American dream

The political divisions that started erupting across America in 2015 are about many things. These include the meaning of national sovereignty, the sense of a growing chasm between the political class and everyone else, and angst about what many believe to be unwarranted accelerations in wealth and income inequalities. Continue Reading...

April 22, 2020

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Beyond material prosperity, economic freedom fosters virtue and relationship

Train a child, secure the future: Educating our kids about the free market

A free-market ‘green revolution’

Markets, populism and a fading American dream

Rethinking free markets in an age of anxiety

The Virtue of Liberalism

The uncertain future for free markets in America

Cronyism vs. free markets in ‘Stranger Things’