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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

Conservatism Against the Machine

Conservatism Against the Machine

Kingsworth's goal is to inspire readers to turn away from modernity just as he has.

Michael Lucchese
Pursuit of Happiness
Nov 7, 2025

Eliminating Liberal Institutional Asymmetries

Eliminating Liberal Institutional Asymmetries

For now, the best way to advance conservatism is to eliminate liberal institutional asymmetries.

Josh Blackman
Politics
Nov 6, 2025

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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
Can a Dithering Europe Stop Russia?
Jakub Grygiel
Politics
Nov 5, 2025
The Localist Roots of Climate Litigation
Jonathan H. Adler
Constitutionalism
Nov 5, 2025

Economic Dynamism

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

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The Dangers of Pursuing the Endangerment Finding
Jonathan H. Adler
Economic Dynamism
Sep 15, 2025
Open the Budget Scoring Black Box
Jonathan Hartley, Joshua D. Rauh
Economic Dynamism
Sep 11, 2025
State Capitalism with MAGA Characteristics
Veronique de Rugy
Economic Dynamism
Sep 4, 2025
Creating Affordable Housing Requires Just One Simple Legislative Change
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde, Lee E. Ohanian
Economic Dynamism
Aug 28, 2025
Will California Reform Its Broken Housing Policies?
Julia R. Cartwright
Economic Dynamism
Aug 26, 2025
Reindustrialization Doesn’t Mean Romanticizing the Past—It Means Facing Hard Truths
Veronique de Rugy
Economic Dynamism
Aug 26, 2025

Politics

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

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What Drove Trump's Victory
Daron Shaw
Politics
Dec 13, 2024
Israel Among the Nations
Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Dec 11, 2024
Winston Churchill and the US-UK Special Relationship: Then and Now
Andrew Roberts
Politics
Dec 11, 2024

Constitutionalism

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

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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
Waging Municipal Lawfare
Doug Peterson, Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Oct 23, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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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
A Doctor In Full
Ronald W. Dworkin
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 17, 2025

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