ESG Goes to War
Support for the modish “environmental, social, and governance” movement is mainly empty sloganeering—as multinational corporations have shown with their response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Reimagining the Political Spectrum
Send the Marxist elements of the Democratic Party back to the ash heap of history.
Institutionalism Without Conviction
In the case of both China and woke capitalism, classically liberal values failed upon contact with the patient or pathogen. What happened?
Inverting Maslow’s Hierarchy
A society so unserious as to take for granted physical safety, energy security, a sound currency, and the reliable production and movement of goods is unlikely to meet a happy end.
Corporatism and Accountability
That CEOs are taking sides on the political issues of the day is reflective of a decaying civil society and degraded democratic institutions.
Why Have Elites Abandoned Merit?
If you’re just a grubby striver, firm in your conviction that you deserve to succeed or fail based upon your own abilities and efforts, know well that elite institutions are now arrayed against you.
Capitalists Against Markets
The messengers’ labels don’t dictate the message, and we should reject the embedded appeal to authority of such messaging.