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Capitalism Is Not the Enemy of Virtue

Andrew Quinn | March 28, 2014 | Society

Capitalism Is Not the Enemy of Virtue

A “sensory-deadening” dystopia. A bleak and brutalist hellscape. A soulless structure whose ugly construction befits its immoral purpose. Patrick Deneen’s dark description is worthy of a place where real evil transpires. Coming from a Catholic commentator, it could...

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Andrew C. Quinn studies public policy and human happiness as director to AEI President Arthur Brooks.

A Fiscal Conservative Defends the Pope

Scott Fyall | January 21, 2014 | Economics

Who would be willing to defend an argument with which they did not agree? Often this task falls to a professor playing “devil’s advocate” in the classroom, or to a student who is required to “better understand both sides of the debate.” However, in wake of Pope...

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Scott Fyall is the senior development assistant at AEI.

Is Econ 101 Conservative Propaganda?

Joy Pullmann | November 12, 2013 | Economics

I just finished reading an essay about the resistance of Massachusetts officials to including basic economics education in school curricula back in the 1990s. The author points out that nearly all economists agree on the basic ideas of micro-economics—such as...

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Joy Pullmann is executive editor of The Federalist.

Friday Five: A Change in Strategy for TOMS and Advice for Overcoming the Next Recession

Faith and Public Life | November 8, 2013 | Society

Every Friday, we bring you the best ideas from our blog and around the web. This week’s collection includes a change in strategy for TOMS, advice for how to deal with the next recession and more. 1. But, I Want to Help People!: Recipient of a Values & Capitalism’s...

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What C.S. Lewis and Modern Family Understand that Conservatives Don’t

Tyler Castle | October 31, 2013 | Politics

I’ve been watching Modern Family quite a bit lately. Not too surprisingly, the show has become extremely popular across broad swaths of the country; college students and my middle-aged parents enjoy it equally. Although I may not share the same worldview of the...

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Tyler Castle is the director of AEI's Initiative on Faith & Public Life. He is a graduate of Westmont College and a former John Jay Institute Fellow.