A Book for Tin Men: “The Conservative Heart” by Arthur Brooks
“The Conservative Heart” written by Arthur C. Brooks, the president of the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), provides conservatives with a yellow brick road toward political victory along with ideas to shake off the perception of being a heartless party.
Alphabet: Google’s Not-So-Secret Plot to Do Good and Save the World
Page’s dream, shared by his co-founder Sergey Brin, is to take the world’s biggest technology company and transform it into a vehicle for saving the planet. He is nothing if not ambitious. To achieve that end he has created a new holding company called Alphabet.
Announcement: 2015 V&C Young Scholar and Writing Award Winners
Values & Capitalism is pleased to announce the recipients of our 2015–2016 Young Scholars Awards and writing awards.
Friday Five: How the ‘Netflix Effect’ Is Changing the U.S. Economy
This week’s collection includes commentary on the first GOP presidential debate, examples of creative destruction in today’s economy, and more.
Woes of a Well-Intentioned Living Wage
Three months ago, Gravity Payments CEO Dan Price announced he would cut his own wages to give all employees a $70,000 wage. This decision earned Price instant acclaim, but it also had its costs.
Friday Five: Minimum Wage and the Death of the Summer Job
On Fridays we bring you the week’s best from around the web. This week’s collection includes commentary on the minimum wage, a case for political optimism, and more.
The High Cost of Aggressive Secularism
Alongside the proliferation of religious extremism that seeks to violently stamp out religious minorities, we are witnessing the rise of what historian Wilfred McClay calls “positive secularism,” in which religion becomes confined to the private sphere.
The Secret to a Flourishing City
Cities succeed only by making the most of their assets. And their greatest asset is their people, unfettered and free.
After 5 Years of Dodd-Frank, “Too Big to Fail” Is Bigger Than Ever
By all means, we should get rid of “Too Big to Fail,” but more regulation isn’t the way to do it. Free markets do much better than government in the business of making sure no company is too big to fail—or too small to succeed.
