The Limits of Good Intentions
The payday-loan debate revisited.
Aaron Hanna
· 22 min read
economics
A collection of 60 posts
Misunderstanding the Fertility Crisis
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.
Alex Nowrasteh
· 10 min read
Javier Milei and the Libertarian Tradition
His political ascent was meteoric, but classical liberalism has a storied history in Argentina.
Daniel Raisbeck
· 7 min read
Economics is Not a Game of Monopoly
The standard textbook model of monopoly economics only applies to the real world in a narrow range of circumstances.
Saul Zimet
· 7 min read
Libertarian Limitations
Andrew Koppelman’s analysis of libertarianism is rich in detail and full of thought-provoking ideas.
Marco den Ouden
· 16 min read
As a Hereditarian, I Strongly Support Economic Redistribution
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.
Gregory Clark
· 7 min read
The Real Cost of Cheap Labour
Michael Lind's 'Hell to Pay' presents a dire cautionary message to the political establishment.
Sohale Mortazavi
· 9 min read
From Panic to Prudence
Lessons from past financial crises.
Robert F. Bruner
· 10 min read
Beyond Davos
If the Davos crowd has demonstrated anything, it is the futility of their posturing.
Joel Kotkin
· 12 min read
The Unexpected Future
We need to consider ways to reverse or at least slow rapid depopulation
Joel Kotkin, Wendell Cox
· 15 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
· 15 min read
A Life Worthwhile
The dignity that comes with a job is more important than the salary.
Magnus Henrekson
· 11 min read
Reconsidering the City
If they are to survive and thrive, cities need to become more people-friendly.
Joel Kotkin
· 10 min read
Woke Capitalism’s Tragedy of the Commons
Woke capitalism is rational, but it is also unsustainable.
Ilya Levine
· 7 min read
Piketty’s Progress
A review of A Brief History of Equality 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 monstrous for normal ports) safe passage to
Jared Marcel Pollen
· 10 min read