Economics

Karl Marx’s Obsession With the Devil 10
- Economics, Religion, Western Civilization
- July 10, 2024
It’s well known that Communism killed 100 million people — but few are aware of the obsession Communism’s founder Karl Marx had with the Devil. Karl Marx (1818–1883) is the economist and social theorist whose enduring footprint on the world is the political system known as Communism. Born in Germany but spending most of his
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An Economy That Only Works for the Rich and Powerful Is Not a Capitalist Economy 0
- Featured, Culture, Economics
- July 1, 2024
Capitalism is disappearing, but Socialism is not replacing it. What is now arising is a new kind of planned, centralised society which will be neither capitalist nor, in any accepted sense of the word, democratic. George Orwell wrote those words nearly 80 years ago. Today, Americans are witnessing exactly what Orwell described. Many have the
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Why Is Higher Ed So Expensive?2
- Economics, Education
- June 26, 2024
Two things seem like they should go without saying: People use their own money more efficiently than they use someone else’s, and the more you subsidize a thing the more of it you tend to get. Both profoundly apply to American higher education, a teetering tower of ivory made simultaneously skyscraping and bloated by federal
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Conservatism Is About More Than Economics 2
- Culture, Economics, Featured
- June 20, 2024
Roger Scruton was perhaps the greatest conservative thinker of the modern era, and like all great thinkers, he didn’t spare his own side from critique. For example, he often pointed out that modern conservatives are happy to cheer on capitalism, but they rarely say anything about conserving traditional ways of life—or the natural environment. Are
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Christianity, Capitalism, and Colonialism – Nothing To Be Ashamed Of 2
- Culture, Economics, Featured, Religion, Western Civilization
- June 3, 2024
We’ve all heard the rhetorical attacks on Western Civilization—often centered on Christianity, capitalism, or colonialism, and often on all three. Among radical leftists, the consensus is that these elements are evil, but given that each is currently or historically integral to civilization as we know it, it’s worth examining the data to determine whether they
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Vaccine Mandates Likely Exacerbated Healthcare Worker Shortage, New Research Shows 0
- Economics, Health, Science
- May 29, 2024
In his book Economics in One Lesson, Henry Hazlitt makes a famous distinction between good and bad economists: The bad economist sees only what immediately strikes the eye; the good economist also looks beyond. The bad economist sees only the direct consequences of a proposed course; the good economist looks also at the longer and indirect
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