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Can Economists Predict the Future? Hardly.0
- Economics
- October 14, 2022
Economists predict the future course of economic events to show we have a sense of humor. If we could do so accurately, we’d all be very rich, and we’re not; we’re comfortable, but not fantastically rich (except in our enjoyment of the dismal science). Why can’t we predict the future? Because the world is a
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Of Bureaucrats and Bunk Beds 2
- Culture, Family, Politics
- October 14, 2022
Want to take in foster kids in Maryland? You can’t let them sleep in bunk beds. The fine print of Maryland’s foster care regulations says: “Each child shall have an individual bed that may not be stacked in vertical bunk bed formation.” In practice that means that if you don’t have a lot of extra
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Making the Most Out of Our Winter of Discontent 0
- Philosophy, Culture, Literature
- October 13, 2022
In C. S. Lewis’s The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, the Witch casts an evil spell over Narnia, making it a cold and barren land, locked in snow and ice where it’s “always winter but never Christmas.” Now, there’s a chilling thought. It’s still early October and last night the mercury dropped into the
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What Thought-Leaders Can Learn from St. Augustine 1
- Philosophy, Culture, Western Civilization
- October 13, 2022
Public discourse is at a nadir. There is plenty of debate, especially over politics and morality. But it is generating way more heat than light. People on all sides are frustrated with their opponents. “Why don’t they see the light?” For any single interlocutor, one possible answer is that the person is not actually seeking
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Why Migrants Still Love America 4
- International, Politics
- October 12, 2022
A daily diet of negative stories about America’s impending collapse feed today’s headlines. Yet such alarmist tendencies conceal the complexity of the American experience. Reality demonstrates that America still excels at attracting citizens from around the globe, partially due to its superb ability to mobilize resources and institutions to support individual achievement. Nothing illustrates the
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In Support of a Young America First Scapegoat 3
- Culture, Politics
- October 12, 2022
Next week, a young college student will face a federal judge in Washington, D.C., at a sentencing hearing over his nonviolent participation in the Jan. 6 Capitol rally. UCLA undergrad Christian Secor was arrested last February and spent more than a month in solitary confinement. Think about that. Unlike the weekly parade of repeat violent
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Can Economists Predict the Future? Hardly.0