Economics

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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Why Karl Marx Desperately Needed Jordan Peterson’s Advice 6
- Economics, History, Philosophy
- April 24, 2024
As I make my way through Paul Kengor’s wonderful book The Devil and Karl Marx, numerous things stand out about the father of communism. It’s not an exaggeration to say that it’s hard to imagine a more wretched human being than Karl Marx. It was almost as if all of the worst traits of humanity were
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Can Adam Smith Reach Gen Z?1
- Economics, Education
- February 8, 2024
There’s a common assumption among the older generations that today’s college students are more swayed by socialism than ever before. There’s fear that this generation may be lost to the alluring temptations of “free” government programs and centrally planned economies. As a college professor over the past seven years, I have not found this to be the case. Make no mistake, the heralds of
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The Housing Crisis Explained—With Mini Fridges 3
- Economics
- February 7, 2024
In a household of four guys, fridge space is what you might call prime real estate. I know this because I happen to live in one such household. For months we tried sharing the one fridge in the house. It was not pleasant. We had to have regular negotiations about how to allocate the limited
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