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Why Professor Mokyr's Nobel in Economics Matters

Why Professor Mokyr's Nobel in Economics Matters

This recognition confirms what economic historians have been arguing for decades with mixed success: history matters in economics.

Joshua Banerjee
Economic Dynamism
Oct 28, 2025

The Struggle for the Shadow Dockets

The Struggle for the Shadow Dockets

An interim decision should be just that — interim.

Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Oct 28, 2025

A Listening Heart

A Listening Heart

Justice Barrett may have been an unlikely jurist, but the nation is lucky to have her.

Jonathan H. Adler
Constitutionalism
Oct 27, 2025

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Why Professor Mokyr's Nobel in Economics Matters
Joshua Banerjee
Economic Dynamism
Oct 28, 2025
The Struggle for the Shadow Dockets
Aaron L. Nielson
Constitutionalism
Oct 28, 2025
A Listening Heart
Jonathan H. Adler
Constitutionalism
Oct 27, 2025
The FTC and AI: May a Thousand Competitive Flowers Bloom
Kevin Frazier
Economic Dynamism
Oct 27, 2025
The Reckless American
Mark Bauerlein
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 24, 2025
Waging Municipal Lawfare
Doug Peterson, Michael Toth
Constitutionalism
Oct 23, 2025

Economic Dynamism

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

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Why Professor Mokyr's Nobel in Economics Matters
Joshua Banerjee
Economic Dynamism
Oct 28, 2025
The FTC and AI: May a Thousand Competitive Flowers Bloom
Kevin Frazier
Economic Dynamism
Oct 27, 2025
Trump's Industrial Policies Will Strangle Growth
Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Oct 22, 2025
The Reign of the Greenback
Alex J. Pollock
Economic Dynamism
Oct 16, 2025
Don’t Choose Your Own Adventure: Understanding Middle-Class Earnings Trends
Scott Winship
Economic Dynamism
Oct 15, 2025
The Tariff Debacle Is Renewed
Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Oct 15, 2025

Politics

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

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Crime and the Political Question
Zack Smith
Politics
Feb 3, 2025
Trudeau's Failure and Canada's Renewal
Geoffrey Sigalet
Politics
Jan 30, 2025
How One Simple Reform Can Improve Voting and Reduce Political Extremism
David C. Rose
Politics
Jan 27, 2025
What Kind of Democracy in America?
John Grove
Politics
Jan 22, 2025
Fire, Wind, and California
Richard Epstein
Politics
Jan 21, 2025
Rebuking the False Dichotomy of Progress vs. Reaction
Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Jan 20, 2025

Constitutionalism

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

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On Campus Chaos
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Mar 18, 2025
The Light the Court's Originalist Majority Must See
Hadley Arkes
Constitutionalism
Mar 14, 2025
Beware of Selective Originalism by Trump—or Anyone Else
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Mar 11, 2025
Maine Smackdown: Trump to Schools—Break Your Contract, Lose Your Title IX Funds
Sarah Parshall Perry, Paul J. Larkin
Constitutionalism
Mar 7, 2025
Let the National Institutes of Health Delegate Medical Research to Private Foundations
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Mar 5, 2025
AI's Challenges to Free Speech Doctrine
Ryan Bangert
Constitutionalism
Mar 5, 2025

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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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
Racing Earnhardt
Emina Melonic
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 17, 2025
Dallin Oaks: From Legal Giant to Leader of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Aaron L. Nielson
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 15, 2025
Conversion by Inches?
Brian Smith
Pursuit of Happiness
Oct 10, 2025

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