Topic: Art and Culture

Art and Culture, Classical Liberalism, Education, History

Where Have You Gone, Alex P. Keaton?

– November 30, 2023

“Respect for individual freedom, in particular the freedom of thought, is much lower than at any time in my life. It is easy to imagine a latter-day Alex showing up at Leland’s freshman orientation only to be canceled and chased from campus by an angry mob.” ~Paul McDonnold

Art and Culture, History, Socialism

Thankful for the Lessons of Failures

– November 23, 2023

“Plymouth was a centrally planned community. Everything was controlled, regulated, and rationed by one central government authority. And like all central planning efforts, the results were scarcity, hunger, and desperation.” ~Thomas Krannawitter

Art and Culture, Inflation, Monetary Policy, Research

AIER’s Thanksgiving Cost Index Climbs Over 5 Percent from 2022 to 2023

– November 22, 2023

“The constituents of the Thanksgiving Cost Index include turkey, sauces and gravies, bread, canned fruit, vegetables, and pies and cakes.” ~Peter C. Earle

Art and Culture, Media, Technology

How to Rationally Consume News

– November 21, 2023

“Most information is noise, and the human brain isn’t equipped for the overload that the modern world throws at us. Don’t clutter your brain with unnecessary stuff.” ~Joakim Book

Art and Culture, Authoritarianism, International, Technology

TikTok: Five Cuts

– November 21, 2023

“Americans already have a license to engage in free speech, in the form of the First Amendment. And if you are thinking that the United States has a long history of anonymous, public speech, you’re right.” ~James Harrigan

Art and Culture, Authoritarianism, Environmentalism

Thinking About the Regulation of Industrial Emissions Differently, Part I

– November 20, 2023

“Production of the likes of tires, furniture, steel, speedy transportation, and air conditioning and home heating is surely good for humanity. But such production requires energy and it produces harmful by-products.” ~Donald J. Boudreaux

Art and Culture, Books, Economic Education

‘The Psychology of Money’ Isn’t About Psychology or Money

– November 18, 2023

“Ultimately, Housel’s book achieves its goal of conveying the richness of factors that influence financial decisions, but it blithely ignores economic principles that are the foundation of its subject.” ~Byron Carson

Art and Culture, Philosophy, Podcast, Socialism

How Did the Social Justice Movement Take Hold?

– November 17, 2023

Join Kate Wand and Barry Brownstein as they discuss the ideological roots of the contemporary social justice movement, emerging from a zero-sum political philosophy of grievance.

Art and Culture, Entrepreneurship, International, Leadership

Why Mr. Beast Is Under Fire for Bringing Clean Water to 500,000 Africans

– November 15, 2023

“This is the real reason Mr. Beast is taking so much heat. He’s showing the power of voluntary action and the miraculous power of the profit motive.” ~Jon Miltimore

Art and Culture, History, Leadership

Zora and Eleanor: Toward a Fuller Understanding of the First Lady’s Civil Rights Legacy

– November 15, 2023

“Though often a critic, Hurston would have never disputed Eleanor Roosevelt’s remarkable effectiveness as a champion for civil rights, including numerous and undeniable examples of when her tenacity brought to light and remedied injustices.” ~David Beito

Art and Culture, Economic Education, Government, Regulation

The Economic Lesson in Ghostbusters Everyone Missed

– October 31, 2023

“The meddling bureaucrat is given one last chance to avoid causing a catastrophe when the utility man tells him maybe they should listen to the people who, you know, actually designed the system.” ~Jon Miltimore

Art and Culture, Government, History

How Boss E.H. Crump Used the Memphis Police to Suppress a Black Republican Challenge to FDR

– October 29, 2023

“When Martin briefly returned in 1943 to throw out the first ball at an All-Star Game of the Negro American League, three detectives entered his box, arrested him, and whisked him off to a holding cell. He was then ordered to leave town.” ~David T. Beito