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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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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
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

Politics

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

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Painting the Revolution
William Anthony Hay
Politics
Jul 11, 2025
How Big, Bad, or Beautiful?
Richard Epstein
Politics
Jul 10, 2025
McDougall's Wiser View of American History
Brian Smith
Politics
Jul 9, 2025
The Current Battleline of the DEI Wars
Tal Fortgang
Politics
Jul 7, 2025
Will Platonic Guardians End Mass Incarceration?
Paul J. Larkin
Politics
Jun 27, 2025
The Lion Rises and the Eagle Soars
Juliana Geran Pilon
Politics
Jun 24, 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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