Economics

Is it Time to Admit That Divorce Hurts Kids Big Time?33
- Culture, Economics, Family, Featured, MomThink, Uncategorized
- July 29, 2025
In May of this year, the Institute of Family Studies reported on groundbreaking research about the effects of divorce on children and families. The short version? It’s not good. But that shouldn’t surprise those of us who believe there’s a reason that marriage is among the oldest human institutions. The study by Andrew Johnston, Maggie Jones, and Nolan Pope used tax
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Think Like an Owner: The Interview 15
- Economics, Education, Featured, Uncategorized
- July 23, 2025
Over the last twenty-five years, I have conducted a couple thousand interviews at our computer company. Many candidates claim empathy as a strength, declaring they excel at putting themselves in someone else’s shoes. But from my experience, few truly understand what matters to a business owner. And, while I’m not the owner of our company,
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Why We’re All a Lot Richer Than We Realize 18
- Economics, Featured, International, Uncategorized
- July 15, 2025
I welcome the long weekend that comes with Independence Day at the beginning of each July. This year, I relished a slow day with my family and experienced the joys of a summer cookout. Beyond decorations and outfit choices, nothing in my celebration was particularly patriotic, and I gave only a small amount of time
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Financing Your Pizza – the Problem of Modern Decadence 34
- Culture, Economics, Featured, Uncategorized
- July 10, 2025
“It’s the danged avocado toast!” boomers say, blaming that little delectable treat as the reason today’s young people can’t become homeowners. But that $9 avocado toast that a millennial can have delivered to his apartment (a parent-financed apartment, of course) for $5 in delivery fees plus a $2 tip? That’s only part of the story.
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Restore the American Garage 17
- Culture, Economics, Education, Family, Featured, Uncategorized, Western Civilization
- June 13, 2025
Twitter likes to vilify the large cookie-cutter suburban home with a garage bigger than the house itself. And surely this is in some way a symbol of a decadent, mobile society with little sense of place or community. But the American garage gets too much flack from even those on the right. The house on
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Ballerina Farm, Homesteading, and the Revival of the Family Economy 24
- Culture, Economics, Family, Featured, MomThink, Uncategorized
- April 22, 2025
“Do you work or do you just stay home?” Many mothers have answered this loaded question. It presents, of course, a false dilemma, but one that exemplifies the way our culture thinks about the home and work itself. As summer approaches, my husband and I are spending most of our Saturdays outdoors doing hard manual
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