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Poverty

What’s the Source of Failure?

| May 21, 2014 | Society

What’s the Source of Failure?
How do we view failure or success? The surprising answer, found deep in human history, helps explains America’s bitter political divide and our response to poverty. Megan McArdle’s new book, “The Upside of Down,” is surprisingly successful at explaining failure. It’s...
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Michael Hendrix
Michael Hendrix is the director of state and local policy at the Manhattan Institute, where he manages scholars, conducts research, and leads outreach.

Confronting the Locust Effect: The Rule of Law in Developing Nations

| May 6, 2014 | Favorite Events, Recent Events

Confronting the Locust Effect: The Rule of Law in Developing Nations
May 28th, 2014 Although the efforts of the aid community and the spread of globalization, free trade, and enterprise have yielded a 50 percent reduction in extreme poverty over the past 20 years, more than four billion people still live outside the basic protections...
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Meredith Schultz
Meredith previously served as the program manager for Values & Capitalism (2013–2016).

For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty

| May 1, 2014 | Events, Favorite Events, Poverty, Recent Events

For the Least of These: A Biblical Answer to Poverty
How can the faithful best care “for the least of these”? During a discussion at AEI on Tuesday, contributors to a new volume on poverty, theology, and economics agreed that while the free enterprise system is by no means a panacea for all social ills, it...
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Meredith Schultz
Meredith previously served as the program manager for Values & Capitalism (2013–2016).