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

Free and Conservative

by R. R. Reno

Avik Roy and John Hood recently launched what they hope will be a movement, Freedom Conservatism. In consultation with others of like mind, they drafted a statement of principles. It’s available on their website, freedomconservatism.org. One can debate the principles and their formulations. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 2023

Want Stronger Families? Pay Workers More

by Bradford Littlejohn

You cannot have a strong nation or a strong economy without strong families. Continue Reading »

15 Jun 2023

John Paul II’s Centesimus Annus and Today’s Debates

by George Weigel

No doubt globalization has had adverse consequences for some Americans; it has also helped lift as many as two billion people out of abject poverty.  Continue Reading »

24 May 2023

A Twentieth-Century Prophet

by Dan Hitchens

A couple of years ago I stumbled upon a cult. Browsing in a secondhand bookshop, I picked up R. H. Tawney’s Religion and the Rise of Capitalism and, remembering a vague resolution to read it one day, took it to the counter. The fresh-faced student at the cash register was delighted. . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2022

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

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

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

The Backbone of Our Society

by Hunter V. McClure

First Things remains an indispensable voice for a politics of community, demanding that we treat our own better, and that we not favor the international financial class over the people who are the backbone of our society. Continue Reading »

23 Dec 2021

Generation Against Generation

by Philip Pilkington

A war is slowly brewing. It pits parents against their children and children against their parents. Longstanding social and economic trends are creating tensions between the generations. These trends, which show no sign of abating, have largely escaped the attention of the public and are rarely . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Dec 2021