Economic Dynamism
Nov 17, 2025

The Truth about Chinese Manufacturing

China will remain a major player in global manufacturing, but size and strength are not synonymous.

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Economic Dynamism
Nov 14, 2025

The Miracle of Economic Growth

Frey's book reminds us that progress is not self-sustaining — it depends on political courage, institutional adaptation, and the constant defense of the sphere of liberty.

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Economic Dynamism
Nov 13, 2025

Hydrocarbons Aren’t Disappearing

Credit ratings agencies remain enamored with the energy-transition myth — risking yet another green bubble for investors.

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China’s Engineers, America’s Lawyers, and the Hearts of Men

Politics
Nov 13, 2025
China’s Engineers, America’s Lawyers, and the Hearts of Men

The New Right’s Budding Romance for Neutral Principles

Politics
Nov 12, 2025
The New Right’s Budding Romance for Neutral Principles

Ban the Filibuster — But Only for Continuing Budget Resolutions

Constitutionalism
Nov 12, 2025
Ban the Filibuster — But Only for Continuing Budget Resolutions
The Miracle of Economic Growth

Frey's book reminds us that progress is not self-sustaining — it depends on political courage, institutional adaptation, and the constant defense of the sphere of liberty.

Leonidas Zelmanovitz
Nov 14, 2025
Hydrocarbons Aren’t Disappearing

Credit ratings agencies remain enamored with the energy-transition myth — risking yet another green bubble for investors.

Michael Toth
Nov 13, 2025
China’s Engineers, America’s Lawyers, and the Hearts of Men

Dan Wang's newest work is indispensable not only for Americans interested in China but also for those who are concerned about the direction of their own country.

John Kitch II
Nov 13, 2025
The New Right’s Budding Romance for Neutral Principles

Liberal proceduralism can condemn the crackpots without hesitation or compromise.

Tal Fortgang
Nov 12, 2025
Judge Oldham's Olson Lecture: Yet Another FedSoc Debate or an Existential Challenge?

Judge Andrew S. Oldham’s Olson lecture reminds us that what worked for the Federalist Society in 1985 may not work in 2025 — and almost certainly won’t in 2065.

Josh Blackman
Nov 12, 2025
Ban the Filibuster — But Only for Continuing Budget Resolutions

Suspending the filibuster for continuing resolutions may have benefited Republicans this time, but the reform makes sense regardless of which party holds power.

Richard Epstein
Nov 12, 2025
America's Litigation Addiction Threatens Its AI Leadership

Litigation is anything but efficient and, if state lawmakers proposing new AI liability schemes have their way, will increasingly involve disputes based on vague laws and open-ended theories of harm.

Kevin Frazier, Adam Thierer
Nov 11, 2025
The Miracle of Economic Growth

Frey's book reminds us that progress is not self-sustaining — it depends on political courage, institutional adaptation, and the constant defense of the sphere of liberty.

Leonidas Zelmanovitz
Nov 14, 2025
Hydrocarbons Aren’t Disappearing

Credit ratings agencies remain enamored with the energy-transition myth — risking yet another green bubble for investors.

Michael Toth
Nov 13, 2025
America's Litigation Addiction Threatens Its AI Leadership

Litigation is anything but efficient and, if state lawmakers proposing new AI liability schemes have their way, will increasingly involve disputes based on vague laws and open-ended theories of harm.

Kevin Frazier, Adam Thierer
Nov 11, 2025
Have Argentinians Finally Had Enough of Peronism's Old Tricks?

After nearly a century of Peronist dominance, Argentinians may finally be ready for real reforms.

Juan Martin Morando
Nov 11, 2025
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
Nov 7, 2025
Milei's Mandate

Can Milei convert electoral legitimacy into policy reform durability before political patience runs out?

Jonathan Hartley
Nov 3, 2025
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
Oct 30, 2025
The New Right’s Budding Romance for Neutral Principles

Liberal proceduralism can condemn the crackpots without hesitation or compromise.

Tal Fortgang
Nov 12, 2025
Eliminating Liberal Institutional Asymmetries

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

Josh Blackman
Nov 6, 2025
Can a Dithering Europe Stop Russia?

The European defense posture leaves much to be desired in the face of Russian aggression.

Jakub Grygiel
Nov 5, 2025
Ending Maduro

Maduro is only a small piece in a much broader geopolitical game.

Oscar Sumar
Nov 4, 2025
Tucker Carlson’s Sinking Ideological Ship

Carlson is not alone in abandoning the American conservatism of people like Ronald Reagan, but he is at the forefront of accelerating its abandonment.

Thomas D. Howes
Oct 31, 2025
Why Reagan Crushed the PATCO Strike

A new book demonstrates why Reagan made the decision he did and, in doing so, helps advance the current-day understanding of why Reagan was such a successful president.

Tevi Troy
Oct 16, 2025
Jefferson's Complex Legacy on Slavery and Race

Jefferson helped ensure that our republic was well-founded, and for the push his works and deeds gave to the anti-slavery cause, we owe him a debt of gratitude.

Richard Samuelson
Oct 10, 2025
Ban the Filibuster — But Only for Continuing Budget Resolutions

Suspending the filibuster for continuing resolutions may have benefited Republicans this time, but the reform makes sense regardless of which party holds power.

Richard Epstein
Nov 12, 2025
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
Nov 10, 2025
How Climate Litigation Imposes Back Door Carbon Taxes

Californians should object to climate taxes because they reflect the state’s most dysfunctional tendencies.

Michael Toth
Nov 6, 2025
The Localist Roots of Climate Litigation

Throughout the history of environmental law, common law claims have been the first line of defense against pollution.

Jonathan H. Adler
Nov 5, 2025
What Americans Mean By “Constitution”

Our ancestors invented something that the rest of the world has rightly admired. We need to learn to better appreciate their achievement.

Daniel E. Burns
Oct 31, 2025
The Struggle for the Shadow Dockets

An interim decision should be just that — interim.

Aaron L. Nielson
Oct 28, 2025
A Listening Heart

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

Jonathan H. Adler
Oct 27, 2025
Conservatism Against the Machine

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

Michael Lucchese
Nov 7, 2025
Ludwig von Mises' "Historians of the Future"

Mises understood that liberty in economic matters was inseparable from liberty in political matters.

Carola Binder
Nov 4, 2025
AI and the Divine Test

The loss of sentience is the most present danger posed by AI.

Spencer A. Klavan
Oct 31, 2025
The Reckless American

Even our noblest heroes have their rash and daring moments, impulsive decisions which are, in fact, critical to their eventual success.

Mark Bauerlein
Oct 24, 2025
Bodies, Selves, and the Quest for Identity

As an inclusion-obsessed society, we find it very difficult to make sense of the reality that people are born into very different bodies.

Rachel Lu
Oct 21, 2025
A Doctor In Full

The goal is not a doctor who has eliminated the contradictions of pain, caring, and death — that is impossible — but one who at least comprehends it.

Ronald W. Dworkin
Oct 17, 2025
Racing Earnhardt

This is what American greatness looks like, and in our strange, chaotic, anger-filled world, Altman’s documentary is like an oasis.

Emina Melonic
Oct 17, 2025
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Hydrocarbons Aren’t Disappearing

Credit ratings agencies remain enamored with the energy-transition myth — risking yet another green bubble for investors.

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The Miracle of Economic Growth

Frey's book reminds us that progress is not self-sustaining — it depends on political courage, institutional adaptation, and the constant defense of the sphere of liberty.

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