First Things RSS Feed - Brian Brenberg https://www.firstthings.com/author/brian-brenberg en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:51:16 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/brian-brenberg 60 Why We Need Failure https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/08/why-we-need-failure https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/08/why-we-need-failure Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:10:00 -0400 In 2008, we rescued the banks. It 2009, we pledged $900 billion to rescue the rest of the economy. Last month, we extended jobless benefits to 99 weeks to rescue the unemployed. Call it bailouts. Call it stimulus. Call it emergency aid. America seems to be losing its stomach for failure, and that’s very bad news if we have any hope for a robust economic recovery.

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