Economic Dynamism

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

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The Start-Up Paradox: The Coming Red Shift in Innovation

Despite London's success, the future of innovation is securely in American hands for the foreseeable future. 

Arthur Herman
Economic Dynamism
Feb 26, 2026

Oren Cass's Bad Timing

Cass’s critique misses the most telling point about today’s economy: U.S. companies are on top because they consistently outcompete their global rivals.

Michael Toth
Economic Dynamism
Feb 18, 2026

Kevin Warsh’s Challenge to Fed Groupthink

Kevin Warsh understands the Fed’s mandate, respects its independence, and is willing to question comfortable assumptions when the evidence demands it.

Jonathan Hartley
Economic Dynamism
Feb 10, 2026

Oren Cass’s Unquenchable Appetite for Regulation

Cass’s “more regulation” program is just an all-you-can-eat buffet for Wall Street and K Street.

Economic Dynamism
Feb 9, 2026

Can Kevin Warsh Save the Fed from Fiscal Dominance?

Without fiscal reform, no chairman, Warsh included, will be able to escape the dismal reality for long.

Veronique de Rugy
Economic Dynamism
Feb 9, 2026

The Economic and Constitutional Vices of California’s “Once-only” Wealth Tax

California's proposal to tax billionaires seems at first menacing, but could have drastic negative consequences for the future of the state.

Richard Epstein
Economic Dynamism
Feb 5, 2026

California’s Proposed Billionaire Tax and Its Portents for Normal People

The deeper significance of California's billionaire tax is in how it redefines what it means to own property in the United States.

Julia R. Cartwright, Paul Mueller
Economic Dynamism
Jan 29, 2026
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The Civitas Outlook Energy Symposium

Richard M. Reinsch II
Economic Dynamism
Jan 21, 2026

From Energy Repression to Energy Dominance

Russ Greene
Economic Dynamism
Jan 21, 2026

America’s Energy Revolution Continues

Steven F. Hayward
Economic Dynamism
Jan 21, 2026

Oil Remains the Epicenter of Commerce, Geopolitics, and Energy

Mark Mills
Economic Dynamism
Jan 21, 2026

Trump's Troubling Economic Turn

Economic Dynamism
Jan 16, 2026

The Poverty of Vanceonomics

Economic Dynamism
Jan 14, 2026
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