Category: Economics
Opportunities for Renewal After the Sexual Revolution
Matt Yglesias has an astute piece noting some reasons for concern amongst progressives re: the long string of success their movement has enjoyed with regards to LGBT+ issues: We had a roughly 10-year period of political routs (starting with the...
Christian Publications in a Post-Christian Context
We know there are two models that work for financing media jobs right now. The first model is to work for a print legacy institution that was well-positioned to weather the transition to digital and is now flush with subscription...
The Quiet Centrality of Market States
It is not overstating the case to say that Americans are having a protracted debate about the relationship between markets and the nation. The conversation is simmering in both of America’s major political parties and, somewhat curiously, it may end...
The Post-Liberal State and the (Highly Technical) Goods of Modernity
Several years ago my dad suffered a traumatic brain injury. To put it as plainly as I can: He is alive today because he had major brain surgery followed by a three-week long nap in the ICU that cost someone...
Martin Bucer’s Anti-Poverty Program
In his book De Regno Christi, Martin Bucer outlines his vision of a Christian society, including details on how he believes such a society should handle questions of poverty. The basic vision can be sketched out as follows:
Is Burnout a Generational Issue or a Class Issue?
If you haven’t yet, please do read Anne Helen Peterson’s excellent Buzzfeed essay on millennials and burnout. My first reaction to the essay was to agree with nearly every word of it and pass it on to others. But after...
The Wolves of Instagram
The Guardian has a story about fraud and social media scams in the UK that is worth your time. The lede:
The Sense of Ownership is Always to be Encouraged
Lewis, writing as Screwtape, on the question of how one uses “their” time:
Demonic Rapaciousness
Moore on how capitalism and cultural decadence reinforce each other: