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A Nobel Prize for Innovation, Dynamism, and Creative Destruction

A Nobel Prize for Innovation, Dynamism, and Creative Destruction

The policy implications of this Nobel are clear. Governments cannot engineer innovation.

Jonathan Hartley
Economic Dynamism
Oct 14, 2025

Trump Delivers Mixed Results on Health Reform

Trump Delivers Mixed Results on Health Reform

The willingness to embrace price controls and other forms of interventionism imperils the larger goals of healthcare reform.

Sally C. Pipes
Economic Dynamism
Oct 14, 2025

The Betrayed Consumer

The Betrayed Consumer

Public skepticism of “capitalism” will diminish only when citizens see large firms being disciplined through entry, exit, and consumer choice rather than political ties.

Julia R. Cartwright
Economic Dynamism
Oct 13, 2025

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A Nobel Prize for Innovation, Dynamism, and Creative Destruction
Jonathan Hartley
Economic Dynamism
Oct 14, 2025
Trump Delivers Mixed Results on Health Reform
Sally C. Pipes
Economic Dynamism
Oct 14, 2025
The Betrayed Consumer
Julia R. Cartwright
Economic Dynamism
Oct 13, 2025
Conversion by Inches?
Brian Smith
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 10, 2025
Jefferson's Complex Legacy on Slavery and Race
Richard Samuelson
Politics
Oct 10, 2025
Obamacare Needs Life-Altering Surgery
Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Oct 9, 2025

Economic Dynamism

We consider the principles, policies, and culture that supports free market capitalism

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A Nobel Prize for Innovation, Dynamism, and Creative Destruction
Jonathan Hartley
Economic Dynamism
Oct 14, 2025
Trump Delivers Mixed Results on Health Reform
Sally C. Pipes
Economic Dynamism
Oct 14, 2025
The Betrayed Consumer
Julia R. Cartwright
Economic Dynamism
Oct 13, 2025
Obamacare Needs Life-Altering Surgery
Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Oct 9, 2025
Will State Courts Set National Climate Policy?
Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Oct 7, 2025
The First Amendment Vise
Jessica Melugin
Economic Dynamism
Oct 6, 2025

Politics

We investigate what it means to be a constitutional people who remain tethered to the rule of law.

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Jefferson's Complex Legacy on Slavery and Race
Richard Samuelson
Politics
Oct 10, 2025
That Elusive Gaza Solution
Richard Epstein
Politics
Oct 9, 2025
Is Post-Liberalism a Real Remedy?
Graham McAleer
Politics
Oct 8, 2025
The Path to Civility
David C. Rose
Politics
Oct 8, 2025
The Wages of War and Punishment
John Yoo
Politics
Oct 2, 2025
Missile Defense Matters — So Does Explaining It
Patrycja Bazylczyk
Politics
Sep 29, 2025

Constitutionalism

We discuss the political thought that undergirds a society of freedom and virtue.

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Have We All Misunderstood Enumerated Powers?
Johnathan O'Neill
Constitutionalism
Oct 9, 2025
Free Speech and the American University: A Proposal
Hadley Arkes
Constitutionalism
Oct 7, 2025
Speech on Campus Must Build the Academic Community
Larry Arnn
Constitutionalism
Oct 7, 2025
Free Speech and Common Sense Need New Champions
Mark Bauerlein
Constitutionalism
Oct 7, 2025
The Telos of Free Speech and the University 
Justin Dyer
Constitutionalism
Oct 7, 2025
Truth and the University
David F. Forte
Constitutionalism
Oct 7, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

We explore how citizens, neighbors, workers, families, and communities shape the future of American society.

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Conversion by Inches?
Brian Smith
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 10, 2025
Did Leo Strauss Get Religion?
Paul Seaton
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 3, 2025
The Philosophy of Jacques Maritain — A Long-Awaited Introduction
Thomas D. Howes
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 3, 2025
Pascal's Diagnosis of the Modern Soul
Titus Techera
Pursuit of Happiness
Sep 30, 2025
Cormac McCarthy's Western Canon
Casey Spinks
Pursuit of Happiness
Sep 26, 2025
The Freedom to Speak and the Duty to Listen
David F. Forte
Pursuit of Happiness
Sep 24, 2025

Technology & Innovation

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