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Hydrocarbons Aren’t Disappearing

Hydrocarbons Aren’t Disappearing

Credit ratings agencies remain enamored with the energy-transition myth — risking yet another green bubble for investors.

Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Nov 13, 2025

China’s Engineers, America’s Lawyers, and the Hearts of Men

China’s Engineers, America’s Lawyers, and the Hearts of Men

Dan Wang's newest work is indispensable not only for Americans interested in China but also for those who are concerned about the direction of their own country.

John Kitch II
Politics
Nov 13, 2025

Judge Oldham's Olson Lecture: Yet Another FedSoc Debate or an Existential Challenge?

Judge Oldham's Olson Lecture: Yet Another FedSoc Debate or an Existential Challenge?

Judge Andrew S. Oldham’s Olson lecture reminds us that what worked for the Federalist Society in 1985 may not work in 2025 — and almost certainly won’t in 2065.

Josh Blackman
Constitutionalism
Nov 12, 2025

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Winston Churchill and the US-UK Special Relationship: Then and Now
Andrew Roberts
Politics
Dec 11, 2024
Return to Economic Growth
Samuel Gregg
Economic Dynamism
Dec 11, 2024

Economic Dynamism

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

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Hydrocarbons Aren’t Disappearing
Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Nov 13, 2025
America's Litigation Addiction Threatens Its AI Leadership
Kevin Frazier, Adam Thierer
Economic Dynamism
Nov 11, 2025
Have Argentinians Finally Had Enough of Peronism's Old Tricks?
Juan Martin Morando
Economic Dynamism
Nov 11, 2025
The Hidden Costs of Expanding Deposit Insurance
Daniel J. Smith
Economic Dynamism
Nov 7, 2025
Milei's Mandate
Jonathan Hartley
Economic Dynamism
Nov 3, 2025
Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Is the Moon Big Enough for Two Lunar Billionaires?
Richard Smith
Economic Dynamism
Oct 30, 2025

Politics

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

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Can We Replay McKinley-ism?
Nicholas Mosvick
Politics
Apr 18, 2025
The Art of the Political Biography
Steven F. Hayward
Politics
Apr 11, 2025
Repudiating Genesis
Juliana Geran Pilon
Politics
Apr 3, 2025
Pierre Manent Investigates Europe's Democracy Crisis
Paul Seaton
Politics
Apr 1, 2025
Thatcher and the Conservative Party, Fifty Years Later
Charles C. W. Cooke
Politics
Mar 31, 2025
Solzhenitsyn’s One Word of Truth
Richard Reinsch
Politics
Mar 28, 2025

Constitutionalism

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

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Judge Oldham's Olson Lecture: Yet Another FedSoc Debate or an Existential Challenge?
Josh Blackman
Constitutionalism
Nov 12, 2025
Ban the Filibuster — But Only for Continuing Budget Resolutions
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Nov 12, 2025
Will the Unitary Executive Swallow the Independent Judiciary?
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Nov 10, 2025
How Climate Litigation Imposes Back Door Carbon Taxes
Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Nov 6, 2025
The Localist Roots of Climate Litigation
Jonathan H. Adler
Constitutionalism
Nov 5, 2025
What Americans Mean By “Constitution”
Daniel E. Burns
Constitutionalism
Oct 31, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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Dick Cheney, Reader
Pursuit of Happiness
Nov 10, 2025
Conservatism Against the Machine
Michael Lucchese
Pursuit of Happiness
Nov 7, 2025
Ludwig von Mises' "Historians of the Future"
Carola Binder
Pursuit of Happiness
Nov 4, 2025
AI and the Divine Test
Spencer A. Klavan
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 31, 2025
The Reckless American
Mark Bauerlein
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 24, 2025
Bodies, Selves, and the Quest for Identity
Rachel Lu
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 21, 2025

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