Capitalism
The Attention Cost of Digital Platforms
Yanis Varoufakis’ ‘Technofeudalism’ downplays what makes companies like Apple and Meta tick.
A Great Year for Free Market Capitalism in Film
Five movies that captured the thrill and agony of markets, dynamism, risk, and competition.
Eating Better (a Lot Better) Than Kings
How we arrived at this delicious state of affairs.
The ‘Race-to-the-Bottom’ Myth Needs to Die
Globalization helps the world’s least developed countries.
Could Today’s Katalin Karikó Come to America?
The U.S. immigration system makes it too costly and time consuming for highly skilled immigrants to live and work here.
A Defense Strategy Against ‘The Identity Trap’
Yascha Mounk’s new book explains how ‘wokeness’ hurts our culture, but omits how markets can help fight back.
Xi’s Republic of China
China’s experiment with market-based economics didn’t negate the problems of one-party rule. It merely delayed them.
Retconning Capitalism
Sohrab Ahmari’s critiques of free markets in ‘Tyranny, Inc.’ conflate private power with state-backed coercion.
La Sombrita and America’s Pervasive Band-Aid Problem
How an L.A. bus stop program reflects cross-country policy dysfunctions.
The American Wealth Machine and Its Misguided Discontents
Despite what you might hear (or believe), the U.S. economy continues to dominate the world.
