free market economy The Cyprus bailout: a disturbing precedentGeorge Friedman | 27 March 2013 |tags: Cyprus bailout, European Union, GermanyEuropean policy makers have broken a barrier that has been in place since the 1930s.  Let human bodies stay pricelessMargaret Somerville | 19 March 2013 |tags: bioethics, commodification, market economy, utilitarianismTurning organs into commercially-traded commodities will subtly alter our relationships.  What money can’t buyMichael Cook | 26 February 2013 |tags: book reviews, commodification, market economy, utilitarianismWhat is the proper role of money and markets in a democratic society? How can we protect the priceless goods in moral and civic life from being bought and sold?  Entitlement America - a nation of takers?Carolyn Moynihan | 27 October 2012 |tags: independence, intergenerational equity, welfare stateThe ballooning of the welfare state is corrupting the American character as well as burdening generations to come, argues a scholar.  Where an exhausted society can flourish againYuval Levin | 26 October 2012 |tags: civil society, United States, welfare stateBetween the government and the individual is a vital space which both conservatives and liberals are neglecting.  Match-making economists earn Nobel for economic engineeringAndrew John | 17 October 2012 |tags: economics, Nobel Prize for EconomicsThis year's award goes to two academics whose work has very practical applications.  Debunking the myth of the self-made manZac Alstin | 21 August 2012 |tags: 2012 elections, Barack Obama, individualismThere was at least a smidgen of truth in President Obama's insistence that "you didn't build that".  Financial markets, politics and the new realityGeorge Friedman | 09 August 2012 |tags: economics, European Union, Germany, international relationsAfter the global financial crisis, it is clear that our economic system is not a machine but a political compact.  Channeling Ayn RandDavid J. Peterson | 06 August 2012 |tags: 2012 elections, Ayn Rand, economicsSure, we need to be more thrifty. But seeking inspiration in the writings of the apostle of selfishness is not the first step.  Beating the competitionCarolyn Moynihan | 03 February 2012 |tags: education crisis, family structure, US economyBusiness leaders are blaming the education system for the loss of jobs offshore. But aren’t they forgetting that other institution that turns out good workers?  Germany faces tough decisions in Europe’s debt crisisGeorge Friedman | 01 February 2012 |tags: debt crisis, European Union, Germany, StratforThe Germans hold many cards, and that's their problem.  Vatican’s controversial plan for financial reformDavid J. Peterson | 19 January 2012 |tags: global financial crisis, Vatican“Economic liberalism”, based on utilitarianism and materialism, is the root cause of the global financial crisis, Catholic scholars argue.  “Tax me please, I’m rich!”Vincenzina Santoro | 18 January 2012 |tags: debt crisis, taxation, USAIf they are so keen, why don’t they just give it to the government anyway?  Imagine old age without the stateOskari Juurikkala | 22 November 2011 |tags: ageing population, family, social securityGovernments did not invent social security. They copied it from the oldest social institution in the world.  What is #OccupyWallStreet hoping for?Max Torres | 14 November 2011 |tags: economics, hope, Occupy Wall StreetThe protest movement is a sad parody of the notion of progress through materialism.  What the Wall Street protesters missedVincenzina Santoro | 14 November 2011 |tags: New York, Occupy Wall StreetThose fat cat capitalists have moved on, leaving the skyscrapers to non-profits.
 Back to basics: a Vince Lombardi moment for the economy| 26 October 2011 |tags: economics, family, philosophyAn essay on the four principles of all successful American economic policy - and the philosophical A-team behind them.  Ten policies for renewing family lifePhillip Longman | 17 October 2011 |tags: demographic dividend, economics, familyThe state of the family in many advanced societies is unsustainable. Which public policies could reverse this decline?  A dividend Wall Street cannot deliverW. Bradford Wilcox and Carlos_Cavallé | 12 October 2011 |tags: demographic dividend, human capital, marriageThe wealth of nations depends in no small part on the health of the family.  Unreal estateRoger Scruton | 27 September 2011 |tags: ethics of economics, global financial crisisThe endless economic crisis suggests that it is time for a return to a moral understanding the economy, says a British philosopher.  I can’t hack any more of thisMichael Cook | 12 July 2011 |tags: media, News of the World, UKThe public is being manipulated in the outrage over skulduggery at Britain's most notorious tabloid, the News of the World.  As the family goes, so goes the economyCarolyn Moynihan | 27 May 2011 |tags: economics, marriage, povertyThere is an intimate relationship between our income wealth and our sexual culture. Page 1 of 1 : subscribe donate
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