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The Beginning of the Warsh Fed Era

The Beginning of the Warsh Fed Era

The Warsh Fed likely will not resemble the activist Bernanke-Yellen-Powell central bank of the recent past.

Economic Dynamism
May 22, 2026

When Can a Crass Political Remark Be Deemed an Indictable “Threat of Violence”?

When Can a Crass Political Remark Be Deemed an Indictable “Threat of Violence”?

When can a crass political remark be deemed an indictable “threat of violence”? When those charged with recognizing the law’s “supremacy” and the “limitations” on their authority disavow both principles.

Paul J. Larkin
Constitutionalism
May 22, 2026

The Rebooted Animal Farm’s New Villain: Capitalism

The Rebooted Animal Farm’s New Villain: Capitalism

We have a generational struggle ahead of us again if we are to defend the cause of freedom from tyranny. 

Titus Techera
Politics
May 22, 2026

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The Beginning of the Warsh Fed Era
Economic Dynamism
May 22, 2026
When Can a Crass Political Remark Be Deemed an Indictable “Threat of Violence”?
Paul J. Larkin
Constitutionalism
May 22, 2026
The Rebooted Animal Farm’s New Villain: Capitalism
Titus Techera
Politics
May 22, 2026
Struck By Lightning Fifty Years Later: The Court’s Broken Promise on the Death Penalty
Craig S. Lerner
Constitutionalism
May 21, 2026
The Curse of 'Penn Central'
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
May 21, 2026
Proxy Advisors Vote “No” on Texas
Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
May 21, 2026

Economic Dynamism

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

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The Beginning of the Warsh Fed Era
Economic Dynamism
May 22, 2026
Proxy Advisors Vote “No” on Texas
Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
May 21, 2026
Lives Entwined in the Great Stock Market Collapse
Alex J. Pollock
Economic Dynamism
May 14, 2026
The New Frontier of Capital: What SpaceX’s IPO Tells Us About American Capital Markets
Julia R. Cartwright
Economic Dynamism
May 6, 2026
Chicago’s “Disappearing Middle Class” Can Be Found in Its Proliferating Upper Middle-Class Neighborhoods
Scott Winship
Economic Dynamism
Apr 30, 2026
Is Economics a Failure?
Michael Munger
Economic Dynamism
Apr 16, 2026

Politics

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

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The Endowment Tax on Educational Institutions After the Big Beautiful Bill
Erik M. Jensen
Politics
Jul 31, 2025
The Perils and Promise of Negotiation in International Relationships
Richard Epstein
Politics
Jul 24, 2025
Civitas Conversations: Michael Toth on Zohran Mamdani and the Future of Progressivism
Michael Toth, Richard M. Reinsch II
Politics
Jul 18, 2025
Countering the Present Disorder
Peter Berkowitz
Politics
Jul 18, 2025
American Power and the Global Calculus of Peace
John Yoo
Politics
Jul 17, 2025
Painting the Revolution
William Anthony Hay
Politics
Jul 11, 2025

Constitutionalism

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

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When Can a Crass Political Remark Be Deemed an Indictable “Threat of Violence”?
Paul J. Larkin
Constitutionalism
May 22, 2026
Struck By Lightning Fifty Years Later: The Court’s Broken Promise on the Death Penalty
Craig S. Lerner
Constitutionalism
May 21, 2026
The Curse of 'Penn Central'
Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
May 21, 2026
What Happiness Ought We Pursue? Natural Rights and the Declaration of Independence
Constitutionalism
May 19, 2026
Pursuing the Right to the Pursuit of Happiness in the Twenty-First Century
Constitutionalism
May 19, 2026
The Supreme Court Was Right to Ban Race-Based Gerrymandering
David Lewis Schaefer
Constitutionalism
May 18, 2026

Pursuit of Happiness

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

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The Return of the Natural Law
Samuel Gregg
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 14, 2025
Faith, Reason, & Liberation
Nathaniel Peters
Pursuit of Happiness
Apr 7, 2025
The Land of Fear and Awe
Emina Melonic
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 27, 2025
The Mind in a Mustard Seed
Spencer A. Klavan
Pursuit of Happiness
Mar 25, 2025
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

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