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Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Is the Moon Big Enough for Two Lunar Billionaires?

Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Is the Moon Big Enough for Two Lunar Billionaires?

Jeff Bezos seems to have realized that Blue Origin must change how it does business and pick up the pace if it expects to keep pace with the frenetic Mr. Musk.

Richard Smith
Economic Dynamism
Oct 30, 2025

Does the Market Economy Need a Moral Rebalancing?

Does the Market Economy Need a Moral Rebalancing?

Does the market economy need a new “moral architecture”?

John C. Pinheiro
Economic Dynamism
Oct 30, 2025

The GAIN AI Bill Is an American Loss

The GAIN AI Bill Is an American Loss

This statute is yet another chapter in the protectionist regime that populist Republicans and Democrats alike are building.

Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Oct 29, 2025

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Solzhenitsyn’s One Word of Truth
Richard Reinsch
Politics
Mar 28, 2025
The Land of Fear and Awe
Emina Melonic
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 27, 2025
The Looming Debt Crisis, the Trump Tax Cuts, and Medicaid
Scott Winship
Politics
Mar 27, 2025
Transatlantic Trade War Produces No Winners
Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Mar 26, 2025
Why Legal Education Needs Abraham Lincoln
Michael Lucchese
Constitutionalism
Mar 26, 2025
Impeachment: Is Judge Boasberg Guilty of a “High . . . Misdemeanor?”
Robert G. Natelson
Constitutionalism
Mar 25, 2025

Economic Dynamism

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

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Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Is the Moon Big Enough for Two Lunar Billionaires?
Richard Smith
Economic Dynamism
Oct 30, 2025
Does the Market Economy Need a Moral Rebalancing?
John C. Pinheiro
Economic Dynamism
Oct 30, 2025
The GAIN AI Bill Is an American Loss
Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Oct 29, 2025
The Fed’s Missing Independence
Veronique de Rugy
Economic Dynamism
Oct 29, 2025
From Buenos Aires to London: Not All Bailouts Are Created Equal
Michael Munger
Economic Dynamism
Oct 29, 2025
Why Professor Mokyr's Nobel in Economics Matters
Joshua Banerjee
Economic Dynamism
Oct 28, 2025

Politics

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

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Why Reagan Crushed the PATCO Strike
Tevi Troy
Politics
Oct 16, 2025
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

Constitutionalism

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

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The Struggle for the Shadow Dockets
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Oct 28, 2025
A Listening Heart
Jonathan H. Adler
Constitutionalism
Oct 27, 2025
Waging Municipal Lawfare
Doug Peterson, Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Oct 23, 2025
What Game Are We Playing?
John Grove
Constitutionalism
Oct 23, 2025
Does Federal Law Extend to Portlandia?
John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Oct 22, 2025
Creed, Culture, and American Memory
Wilfred McClay
Constitutionalism
Oct 21, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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American Education's Need for a New Founding
Tal Fortgang
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 6, 2025
Why Endowments of Educational Institutions Shouldn't be Taxed
Erik M. Jensen
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 27, 2025
The Next Step for School Choice: Get It Right
John Grove
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 26, 2025
The Children of Men
Ainsley Weber
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 21, 2025
Regenerating Society in an Age of Disintegration
Seth D. Kaplan
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 13, 2025
Understanding the Mission of Civic Thought
Reid Comstock
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 8, 2025

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