Faith & Economics

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Scott S. Powell
September 3, 2024
Faith & Economics

Labor Day Celebrates American Exceptionalism

Scott S. Powell
September 3, 2024
Faith & Economics
Other than punctuating the end of summer, Labor Day has for many lacked meaning associated with other holidays. Properly understood, it is the holiday that celebrates not only labor, but also the ideas, job creators, and institutions central to the flourishing of the United States and its people. Read More ›
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Old American War Veterans Saluting Fallen Comrades' Graves.The concept for American Veterans Day, Memorial Day, and Independence Da
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Scott S. Powell
May 28, 2024
Faith & Economics

Memorial Day: More than Honoring Lives Lost in American Wars

Scott S. Powell
May 28, 2024
Faith & Economics
Most people rightly associate Memorial Day with paying homage to those who gave their lives for America in war. But the holiday has roots that go back to the aftermath of the Civil War. At that time America was as or more divided than it is today. The Civil War cost at least 620,000 men—a greater cost than all of America’s successive wars combined. Read More ›
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
August 13, 2020
Faith & Economics

Covid-19 Exposes the Roots of the Homeless Crisis in our Cities

Center on Wealth & Poverty
August 13, 2020
Faith & Economics
“The coronavirus has started to reveal some long standing truths about homelessness, about addiction, and about mental illness,” explains Christopher Rufo director of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty. “For the past decade, policy makers have largely avoided these questions, or, largely been in denial about the causes of homelessness.” Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
April 27, 2020
Faith & Economics, Politics, Poverty

To Hell with Main Street?

Christopher Rufo
April 27, 2020
Faith & Economics, Politics, Poverty
In times of trouble, Americans rally around a common cause. After Pearl Harbor, we liberated much of the world; during the Cold War, we sent a man to the moon. There was a shared sensibility that Americans were unified in pursuit of the highest ideals. But after some shocks, this sense of unity proves short-lived — and shortsighted. Read More ›
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 31, 2019
Faith & Economics, Poverty

Discovery Institute Fellow Chrisopher Rufo Set to Release New Documentary Next Year on American Poverty

Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 31, 2019
Faith & Economics, Poverty
Discovery Institute research fellow Christopher F. Rufo is set to release his latest feature-length documentary, America Lost, which tells the story of life in three “forgotten American cities” — Youngstown, Ohio, Memphis, Tennessee, and Stockton, California. Read More ›