Most conservative law students of the past three decades can probably recite by heart the principles of the Federalist Society, dutifully declared at the opening of every FedSoc event on every campus by a smartly dressed young officer of the chapter. They begin: “That the state exists to preserve . . . . Continue Reading »
Avik Roy and John Hood recently launched what they hope will be a movement, Freedom Conservatism. In consultation with others of like mind, they drafted a statement of principles. It’s available on their website, freedomconservatism.org. One can debate the principles and their formulations. . . . . Continue Reading »
Jonathan van Belle joins the podcast to discuss his new book, Henry at Work: Thoreau on Making a Living. Continue Reading »
The key benefit of boycotting big business is supporting local neighborhood economies. Continue Reading »
Ten years ago in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and Nashville, Tennessee, HarperCollins shut down its last two remaining U.S. warehouses, after a series of such closings had left an untold number of workers unemployed. CEO Brian Murray offered these words of corporate right-think: “We have taken a . . . . Continue Reading »
For decades, public policy has fixated on economic growth. Have we gone too far? Continue Reading »
For religious conservatives, Alec MacGillis’s Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America is one of the most important books to appear in quite some time. That may sound like an odd claim. As his title suggests, MacGillis has written about Amazon’s dramatic reorganizing of the . . . . Continue Reading »
Like the tech platforms, Robinhood wasn’t really about its users. Continue Reading »
The most important economic policy difference between Trump and Biden concerns the COVID-19 “lockdowns.” Continue Reading »
We may be entering an era in which GDP falls by the wayside and no longer has pride of place in the eyes of politicians and technocrats. Continue Reading »
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