Christopher Caldwell on “The Fateful Nineties”

by R. R. Reno

Editor R. R. Reno is joined by Christopher Caldwell to talk about his article, “The Fateful Nineties” from October 2023. Continue Reading »

15 Nov 2023 0

What Does Jesus Have to Say About Economics?

by Mark Bauerlein

Fr. Robert Sirico joins the podcast to talk about his recent book, The Economics of the Parables. Continue Reading »

1 Aug 2022 0

Understandable Economics

by Mark Bauerlein

Matthew Hennessey joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, Visible Hand: A Wealth of Notions on the Miracle of the Market. Continue Reading »

19 May 2022 0

Globalization and the Expendable Underclass

by Mark Bauerlein

 Jeff Rubin joins the podcast to discuss his recent book, The Expendables: How the Middle Class Got Screwed By Globalization. Continue Reading »

14 Apr 2022 0

The Dangers of Economism

by Mark Bauerlein

Richard Spady discusses his essay “Economics as Ideology,” published in the April 2018 issue of First Things. Continue Reading »

4 Apr 2018 0

America’s Economy is Cartelized, Corrupt, and Anti-Competitive

by David P. Goldman

The word “entrepreneurship” hardly was spoken during the recent Republican primaries. That is disturbing, because the empirical evidence argues strongly that today’s capitalism is more “clotted” and more “complacent” than at any time for which we have data. Continue Reading »

25 Jul 2016 0

Capitalism Beyond Caricatures

by R. R. Reno

Free enterprise ain't what it used to be.

18 May 2016 0

Britain is Coming Apart, Too

by R. R. Reno

Over at the Guardian, Paul Mason writes about the disintegration of Britain's working class. The occasion is the publication of a report on educational achievement, analyzed in terms of the ethnicity of pupils. It turns out that white British kids fall behind during their school years, with . . . . Continue Reading »

5 Apr 2016 0

​What’s the Value of Utility?

by Curt Biren

The science of economics has undoubtedly come a long way since the days of Adam Smith, but economic discussions today can often seem downright strange, if not misleading. One case in point is the focus on the concept of utility, as one prominent economic blog recently did—with far-reaching . . . . Continue Reading »

16 Mar 2016 0

Adam Smith on Society’s Exploitation of the Rich

by James R. Rogers

Donald Trump ascribing responsibility for his first two failed marriages to working “like, twenty-two hours a day” brought to mind Adam Smith’s invocation of the “invisible hand” in his 1759 work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments. There, the invisible hand is not quite the same general . . . . Continue Reading »

20 Jan 2016 0