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Civitas Outlook, the online journal of the Civitas Institute, publishes original writing about the ideas that create flourishing societies.

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Dick Cheney, Reader

Dick Cheney, Reader

Cheney always recognized the importance of ideas and those who generated them.

Pursuit of Happiness
Nov 10, 2025

Will the Unitary Executive Swallow the Independent Judiciary?

Will the Unitary Executive Swallow the Independent Judiciary?

Hamilton’s warnings about the potential collapse of an independent judiciary may well be realized if the unitary executive theory continues to fester.

Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Nov 10, 2025

The Hidden Costs of Expanding Deposit Insurance

The Hidden Costs of Expanding Deposit Insurance

Expanding deposit insurance will only exacerbate financial risk and regulatory dependence, imposing costs on banks, their customers, and taxpayers. 

Daniel J. Smith
Economic Dynamism
Nov 7, 2025

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Dick Cheney, Reader
Pursuit of Happiness
Nov 10, 2025
Will the Unitary Executive Swallow the Independent Judiciary?
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Nov 10, 2025
The Hidden Costs of Expanding Deposit Insurance
Daniel J. Smith
Economic Dynamism
Nov 7, 2025
Conservatism Against the Machine
Michael Lucchese
Pursuit of Happiness
Nov 7, 2025
Eliminating Liberal Institutional Asymmetries
Josh Blackman
Politics
Nov 6, 2025
How Climate Litigation Imposes Back Door Carbon Taxes
Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Nov 6, 2025

Economic Dynamism

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

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Transatlantic Trade War Produces No Winners
Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Mar 26, 2025
The Nadir of the Climate Change Movement
Steven F. Hayward
Economic Dynamism
Mar 21, 2025
The Economic Harm That Is Coming
Veronique de Rugy
Economic Dynamism
Mar 13, 2025
Solving the Housing Crisis: A Symposium
Richard M. Reinsch II
Economic Dynamism
Mar 12, 2025
Energy Efficiency Codes Threaten Housing Affordability 
Judge Glock
Economic Dynamism
Mar 12, 2025
How to Address the Nation’s Housing Supply and Affordability Challenges
Edward Pinto
Economic Dynamism
Mar 12, 2025

Politics

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

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Eliminating Liberal Institutional Asymmetries
Josh Blackman
Politics
Nov 6, 2025
Can a Dithering Europe Stop Russia?
Jakub Grygiel
Politics
Nov 5, 2025
Ending Maduro
Oscar Sumar
Politics
Nov 4, 2025
Tucker Carlson’s Sinking Ideological Ship
Thomas D. Howes
Politics
Oct 31, 2025
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

Constitutionalism

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

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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
The Struggle for the Shadow Dockets
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Oct 28, 2025
A Listening Heart
Jonathan H. Adler
Constitutionalism
Oct 27, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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Building the American Revival
Ryan Bangert
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 19, 2024
Announcing Civitas Outlook
Ryan Streeter
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 12, 2024

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