Capitalism’s Paradox
Why prosperity breeds guilt, how status incentives reward critique, and what happens when function is replaced by moral performance.
Sarah Wooten
· 5 min read
Economics
A collection of 106 posts
Self-Defeating “Sustainability”
The sustainable agriculture movement’s ideological opposition to biotechnology undermines genuine environmental progress and food security.
Henry I. Miller
· 6 min read
How Not to Develop a Country
The idea that we should redistribute wealth by fiat from prosperous to low-income and stagnating countries remains popular even though it is profoundly misguided.
Deepak Srinivasan, Rohit Shinde
· 14 min read
Risky, Costly, and Extremely Cold
Any invasion of Greenland would be a logistical nightmare with no economic upside.
Sean Welsh
· 9 min read
Fixing Central Bank Politicisation
Trump’s assault on the Federal Reserve demands a structural solution: rules-based monetary policy that protects central bank independence whilst delivering better economic results.
Jai Kedia
· 8 min read
The Warmth of Collectivism
Zohran Mamdani wants to institute “collectivist” governance, but NYC already has a collectivist problem—a coordinated veto system that blocks development and progress.
John Aziz
· 6 min read
Why Housing Is Becoming Neo-Feudal: The Collapse of Home Ownership
Why are households struggling to buy homes in advanced economies, and what does the erosion of ownership mean for inequality, family formation, and the resilience of liberal democracy?
Joel Kotkin, Zoe Sankey
· 10 min read
A Vindication of Bjorn Lomborg
Lomborg’s experience shows what happens when a researcher challenges a powerful narrative with inconvenient numbers.
Marian L. Tupy
· 7 min read
The Ingratitude of the Well-Fed
We need to cultivate an appreciation for the abundance that modernity has bestowed instead of taking it for granted.
Maarten Boudry
· 13 min read
Where Have All the Cultures Gone?
The homogenisation of culture begins with the loss of language.
Tristan S. Rapp
· 10 min read
The Sticky-Paper State
Instead of building nuclear, the Australian government is betting on the importance of ‘green energy’ with a foolhardy subsidy scheme that will be difficult to dismantle if it proves economically disastrous.
Matthew Kelly
· 10 min read
The Next Generation of Wokeness
Wokeness has not retreated—it has simply shapeshifted.
Claire Lehmann
· 10 min read
The Rare Earth Wars
New mining frontiers are opening up in Greenland, Brazil, Tanzania, and Australia. In no time at all, historically speaking, Beijing’s advantage will disappear. That is a relief, but it is also a concern.
Aaron Sarin
· 7 min read
The Liberation Tariffs: Worse Than an Oil Embargo?
This won’t be Great Depression 2.0. But this trade war will cost America and the world many innovations and great prosperity.
Garett Jones
· 6 min read
Fixing Our Housing Crisis
How a house pricing guarantee could encourage homeowners to accept higher-density neighbourhoods.
Tim Blomfield
· 7 min read