A collection of 49 posts
Its ability to churn out plausible sounding explanations for historical and social phenomena is part of Marxism’s core appeal. But its grand theoretical framework simply does not hold up.
President Trump’s protectionist policies are erratic, ill-defined, and incoherent.
Glenn Loury’s startlingly frank confessional memoir offers a complex portrait of a brilliant scholar and a profoundly flawed man.
Western societies stand on the brink of a great reversion towards a demographically and economically stagnant society reminiscent of the Dark Ages.
The Spanish tradition of limited government is older than the Magna Carta. Argentina will do well to revive it.
The payday-loan debate revisited.
The DINKs video isn’t shaping culture—it’s a cultural response to the rising opportunity cost of having children in free and prosperous societies.
His political ascent was meteoric, but classical liberalism has a storied history in Argentina.
The standard textbook model of monopoly economics only applies to the real world in a narrow range of circumstances.
Andrew Koppelman’s analysis of libertarianism is rich in detail and full of thought-provoking ideas.
A recognition that genetic influences on social outcomes are important will potentially influence the kind of help that society offers poorer individuals. But it does not in any way compel an absence of help, or a casual indifference.
Michael Lind's 'Hell to Pay' presents a dire cautionary message to the political establishment.
Lessons from past financial crises.
If the Davos crowd has demonstrated anything, it is the futility of their posturing.
We need to consider ways to reverse or at least slow rapid depopulation