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Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Is the Moon Big Enough for Two Lunar Billionaires?

Elon Musk vs. Jeff Bezos: Is the Moon Big Enough for Two Lunar Billionaires?

Jeff Bezos seems to have realized that Blue Origin must change how it does business and pick up the pace if it expects to keep pace with the frenetic Mr. Musk.

Richard Smith
Economic Dynamism
Oct 30, 2025

Does the Market Economy Need a Moral Rebalancing?

Does the Market Economy Need a Moral Rebalancing?

Does the market economy need a new “moral architecture”?

John C. Pinheiro
Economic Dynamism
Oct 30, 2025

The GAIN AI Bill Is an American Loss

The GAIN AI Bill Is an American Loss

This statute is yet another chapter in the protectionist regime that populist Republicans and Democrats alike are building.

Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Oct 29, 2025

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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
From Buenos Aires to London: Not All Bailouts Are Created Equal
Michael Munger
Economic Dynamism
Oct 29, 2025
Why Professor Mokyr's Nobel in Economics Matters
Joshua Banerjee
Economic Dynamism
Oct 28, 2025

Economic Dynamism

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

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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
From Buenos Aires to London: Not All Bailouts Are Created Equal
Michael Munger
Economic Dynamism
Oct 29, 2025
Why Professor Mokyr's Nobel in Economics Matters
Joshua Banerjee
Economic Dynamism
Oct 28, 2025

Politics

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

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The Looming Debt Crisis, the Trump Tax Cuts, and Medicaid
Scott Winship
Politics
Mar 27, 2025
Foucault’s “Discipline and Punish" at 50
Paul Seaton
Politics
Mar 19, 2025
YooKay plc
Helen Dale
Politics
Mar 17, 2025
Liberalism's Infidelities
Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Feb 25, 2025
The Bills are Piling High for States
Jason Sorens
Politics
Feb 18, 2025
Symposium: What Does the Middle East Mean to US?
Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Feb 13, 2025

Constitutionalism

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

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The Court's Obscenity Jurisprudence Is Due for Revision
GianCarlo Canaparo
Constitutionalism
Dec 18, 2024
Globalization’s Challenge to American Constitutionalism
John Yoo
Constitutionalism
Dec 16, 2024
What is the Future of the Federalist Society?
Josh Blackman
Constitutionalism
Dec 13, 2024
Re-forming the Department of Justice
Andrew C. McCarthy
Constitutionalism
Dec 13, 2024
The DOGE Daze of Regulatory Reform
Jonathan H. Adler
Constitutionalism
Dec 12, 2024
How to Curb the Administrative State?
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Dec 11, 2024

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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American Education's Need for a New Founding
Tal Fortgang
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 6, 2025
Why Endowments of Educational Institutions Shouldn't be Taxed
Erik M. Jensen
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 27, 2025
The Next Step for School Choice: Get It Right
John Grove
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 26, 2025
The Children of Men
Ainsley Weber
Pursuit of Happiness
Feb 21, 2025
Regenerating Society in an Age of Disintegration
Seth D. Kaplan
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 13, 2025
Understanding the Mission of Civic Thought
Reid Comstock
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 8, 2025

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