December: The Foreclosure Season
The key to impactful microfinance isn’t small loans to poor people. Even the moneylenders and Scrooges of the world do that. It’s how microfinance is done that makes all the difference.
5 Reflections on the Christmas Season
As you prepare to celebrate Christmas, enjoy some of our best posts—new and old—that reflect on the holiday season. We wish you a restful and joyous Christmas!
Are Non-Compete Clauses Stifling Employee Mobility?
A balance needs to be struck between the interests of the company and the interests of the worker. In the long run, this will benefit the employer, the worker, and the consumer.
Friday Five: How to Trade Holiday Gloom for Joy
This week’s collection includes stories of ordinary Christians impacting their cities, a response to the ‘worst Christmas song ever,’ and more.
Why the Details of the Christmas Story Matter
As Christ’s body in this world, the circumstances of His birth and life have huge implications for how we ought to live our lives. Do we avoid brokenness like the plague, prioritizing our own safety, comfort, and peace of mind?
Common Good #8 – Kevin Corinth on Homelessness
Kevin offers helpful advice for what each of us should do when we come across a homeless person, before explaining how policy can do a better job of serving the most vulnerable in our society.
The Danger of Incentives
As a society, we should stop relying so heavily on incentive schemes that treat us as little more than lab rats and focus inwardly on what truly motivates us.
Three Ways the Market Benefits the Arts
It’s tempting to think of economics and the market system as dry, practical, and unsupportive of “higher” pursuits, such as music or art. But in reality, the market has democratized art—and in so doing, has done much to further and support the pursuit of beauty.
Friday Five: What Happened to America’s Male Workers?
This week’s collection includes a reflection on the Christmas season, a hypothesis about the true source of American polarization, and more.
