economics

The Unexpected Future

We need to consider ways to reverse or at least slow rapid depopulation

Joel Kotkin / Wendell Cox

20 Aug 2022 · 14 min read

Green Dreams, Inflationary Realities

We must find ways to combat climate change without incurring devastating inflation, greater class division, the immiseration of the middle class, and the destitution of the poor.

Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger

27 Jul 2022 · 15 min read

A Life Worthwhile

The dignity that comes with a job is more important than the salary.

Magnus Henrekson

17 Jun 2022 · 10 min read

Reconsidering the City

If they are to survive and thrive, cities need to become more people-friendly.

Joel Kotkin

9 Jun 2022 · 10 min read

Woke Capitalism’s Tragedy of the Commons

Woke capitalism is rational, but it is also unsustainable.

Ilya Levine

24 May 2022 · 6 min read

A review of A Brief History of Equality [https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Equality-Thomas-Piketty/dp/0674273559/] by Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, 288 pages (April 2022) As I write this, the city of Rotterdam is considering a request to dismantle one of its historic bridges to grant Jeff Bezos’s super-yacht (too

Jared Marcel Pollen

28 Apr 2022 · 10 min read

The Dangers of Western Complacency

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has revived the Western alliance. After years of drift and self-doubt, the West has been reminded of its historic and institutional uniqueness by seeing the contrast between the atavistic revanchism of Vladimir Putin and the heroism of Ukraine’s defenders. Once again, our collective purpose

Fredrik Erixon and Dalibor Rohac

26 Apr 2022 · 6 min read

Serfing the Future?

Land ownership has shaped civilizations from their beginnings, with a constant interplay between great powers—the aristocracy, the state, the Church, the emperor—and those below them. History has oscillated between periods of greater dispersion of ownership, and those that favored greater concentration. Today, we live in an era of

Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox

21 Apr 2022 · 11 min read

Moral Relativism and the Bottom Line

A surgeon, an engineer, and an economist all die around the same time and are met at the Pearly Gates by St. Peter. “Welcome good souls! Welcome! You’re in the right place,” he informs them. “But, unfortunately, we have a shortage of mansions so two of you will need

Jefferson Crow

26 Mar 2022 · 12 min read

The Problem with the Diversity Dividend

The last decade has seen Corporate Social Responsibility metastasize into what has become known, derisively, as “woke capitalism”—a new vision of companies as agents of radical social change. The outward face of this shift has been a torrent of adverts and products laced with political messages. Ben and Jerry’

William Malcolmson

2 Mar 2022 · 8 min read

Diamonds Aren't Forever (And Neither is Your Love)

Diamond is the most valuable, not only of precious stones, but of all things in this world. ~Pliny The Elder Loving someone, and having them love you back, is the most precious thing in the world. ~Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook At age 11, I first glimpsed the bewildering anthropologic spectacle