Showing posts with label Social Justice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Social Justice. Show all posts

Sunday, May 31

Clearing the Tabs May 31, 2020

Some things I've read this month or will be reading soon.

May 16
The Coronavirus Means Millennials Are More Screwed Than Ever
A generation that already expected not to do as well as their parents is likely to take an ever darker view in the midst of a pandemic.

Where Are the Tears for the Workers Who Make New York, New York City?

May 17
The new geography of America, post-coronavirus

May 18
Coronavirus, Federal Spending, and Media Innumeracy

Poverty, Not Income Inequality, Is Our Modern Problem

May 19
Did Social Justice Efforts Kill Thousands of New York Seniors?

Why John Paul II Believed National Identity Protected Human Freedoms

New York vs. Florida, Round #4

Podcast: Red Bull Is Disgusting. And It Perfectly Captures Why Capitalism Is So Great.
Ludwig von Mises is “my hero,” and free markets have nothing to do with efficiency, says Ogilvy ad man Rory Sutherland.


May 21
Who Will Answer for New York’s Nursing Home Catastrophe?

The Economic Consequences of Expanding Pay-as-You-Go Social Security Systems

Economists Are Expert at 'Crisply' Extending Economic Misery

May 22
Unsustainable America

May 25
The Coronavirus Is Also Spreading a Dark New Era of Neo-Feudalism
Rather than a catastrophe ruining lives, some modern day clerics see the pandemic and the lockdowns as a “test run” for their dreams of achieving “degrowth.”

May 28
Andrew Cuomo's deadly failures

Exposing the hoax

May 29
A New Age of Feudalism for the Working Class?
If too many of the American working class lack any hope of improving their condition, we could face dangerous upheaval in the near future.

May 30
Covid-19 Infection or Losing Your Job: Which Would You Prefer?

Sunday, February 16

Bernice King on Social Justice and Love

Ms. King makes a good point here:
And she is right of course. Most of what passes for "social justice" today has been hijacked from its original meaning. Read the late Michael Novak's book, Social Justice Isn't What You Think It Is.

Sunday, June 30

Clearing the Tabs June 2019

Some things I've read this month or will be reading soon.

June 29
The Economic Benefits of Reducing the Regulatory Burden

June 22
Evidence from the States: Higher Taxes = Fewer Jobs

The rise of the intolerant left

June 21
Histrionics, Hysteria and Joe Biden
Will the Democratic Party banish its democratic instincts?

June 20
A Tribute to Art Laffer

June 19

President Trump Awards Arthur Laffer The Presidential Medal of Freedom
A world $100 trillion richer.

June 18
The Trump Tax Reform Is Generating Good Results

June 15
What is social justice?
Perhaps no issue more motivates progressive activists than social justice. Good intentions may motivate the social justice warriors, albeit sometimes sprinkled with a dollop of self-hatred. But good intentions do not necessarily produce good results.

June 11
California’s Progressive Betrayal
The Golden State’s left-wing policies hurt working-class and middle-class residents


June 6
Loneliness in America Is Caused by Our Broken Culture

June 5
Tariffs Are Taxes

Friday, March 1

Clearing the Tabs 3-1-2019

Some things I've read this week or will be reading over the weekend.

February 26
Why Suburbs Need to be the Next Frontier for Cities Policy

How to think about a wealth tax — Political Economy with James Pethokoukis


February 27
Where Millennials Really Go for Jobs
Contrary to media hype, tech firms and young workers aren’t flocking to “superstar” cities.

March 1
Why Social Justice Is Killing Synagogues and Churches
Data suggests that the more a religious movement is concerned with progressive causes, the more likely it is to rapidly lose members

Friday, January 31

David Brooks' Brilliant Social Justice Speech

David Brooks of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) has produced this outstanding three minute video. Every Republican, every conservative, needs to watch this. The lessons here...are invaluable.