What Crèvecoeur, Du Bois, and Tocqueville teach about war, racism, and the pursuit of happiness.
Conservatives are not giving up on markets. Instead, they’re working to restore the social conditions that make prosperity noble
Political economy must be about wisdom as well as wealth if America is to remain free and family-oriented.
Digital oligarchies that can sway elections, organize mobs, and deny citizens a platform are a threat to our republican form of government. It’s time to act.
Can the demands of freedom and order, markets and regulation, profit and virtue be met by reinvigorated state power? Or should we be content to live with unresolved tensions?
Once upon a time, for-profit trading firms like Britain’s East India Co. wielded sovereign powers over war, peace, and governance, facilitating imperial expansion. Are we seeing something similar today?
What kind of economy do we want? Reforms are needed, but whose interests will be served? A new book throws down the gauntlet.
Christopher Beha’s latest novel follows the trajectory of one New York family’s failures and how the irrational undermines even the best and brightest.
The Austrian economists have proved that ideas have real-world consequences—whether for good or for ill is still being debated.
Born 200 years ago, Karl Marx’s patron and collaborator is a study in contradiction between socialist ideals and a life devoted to luxury.
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