Sin and Social Science
Glenn Loury’s startlingly frank confessional memoir offers a complex portrait of a brilliant scholar and a profoundly flawed man.
John Lloyd
· 14 min read
economics
A collection of 47 posts
The Road to Neo-Feudalism
Western societies stand on the brink of a great reversion towards a demographically and economically stagnant society reminiscent of the Dark Ages.
Joel Kotkin
· 9 min read
Javier Milei and the Spanish Tradition of Liberty
The Spanish tradition of limited government is older than the Magna Carta. Argentina will do well to revive it.
Daniel Raisbeck
· 10 min read
The Limits of Good Intentions
The payday-loan debate revisited.
Aaron Hanna
· 22 min read
Misunderstanding the Fertility Crisis
The DINKs video isn’t shaping culture—it’s a cultural response to the rising opportunity cost of having children in free and prosperous societies.
Alex Nowrasteh
· 10 min read
Javier Milei and the Libertarian Tradition
His political ascent was meteoric, but classical liberalism has a storied history in Argentina.
Daniel Raisbeck
· 7 min read
Economics is Not a Game of Monopoly
The standard textbook model of monopoly economics only applies to the real world in a narrow range of circumstances.
Saul Zimet
· 7 min read
Libertarian Limitations
Andrew Koppelman’s analysis of libertarianism is rich in detail and full of thought-provoking ideas.
Marco den Ouden
· 16 min read
As a Hereditarian, I Strongly Support Economic Redistribution
A recognition that genetic influences on social outcomes are important will potentially influence the kind of help that society offers poorer individuals. But it does not in any way compel an absence of help, or a casual indifference.
Gregory Clark
· 7 min read
The Real Cost of Cheap Labour
Michael Lind's 'Hell to Pay' presents a dire cautionary message to the political establishment.
Sohale Mortazavi
· 9 min read
From Panic to Prudence
Lessons from past financial crises.
Robert F. Bruner
· 10 min read
Beyond Davos
If the Davos crowd has demonstrated anything, it is the futility of their posturing.
Joel Kotkin
· 12 min read
The Unexpected Future
We need to consider ways to reverse or at least slow rapid depopulation
Joel Kotkin
· 15 min read
Green Dreams, Inflationary Realities
We must find ways to combat climate change without incurring devastating inflation, greater class division, the immiseration of the middle class, and the destitution of the poor.
Joel Kotkin and Hügo Krüger
· 15 min read
A Life Worthwhile
The dignity that comes with a job is more important than the salary.
Magnus Henrekson
· 11 min read