economics

^{Caitlyn McKenney
August 29, 2024
Housing}

Deregulate Housing to Increase Supply

_{Caitlyn McKenney
August 29, 2024
Housing}

These legislative efforts incentivize the development of new homes by removing or loosening regulations that inhibit them. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
April 15, 2024
Principles}

Money Is Time and Time Flies

_{Gale Pooley
April 15, 2024
Principles}

On April 21, 1787, the Congress of the Confederation of the United States authorized a design for an official copper penny, later referred to as the Fugio cent because of its image of the Sun and its light shining down on a sundial with the caption, Fugio. Fugio is Latin for “I flee/fly”, referring to time flying by. Read More ›

^{Nathan Lewis
April 11, 2024
Inflation, Principles}

Zimbabwe’s Central Bank Starts Africa’s Path to a Gold Standard

_{Nathan Lewis
April 11, 2024
Inflation, Principles}

This month, the Central Bank of Zimbabwe launched a new gold-based currency, the first gold-based currency from a government since Richard Nixon effectively ended the world gold standard system in 1971. As long as the Central Bank of Zimbabwe adheres to some important principles, and doesn't play politics, it should be fine. Read More ›

Stack of money coins with retro alarm clock

^{Gale Pooley
March 20, 2024
Growth}

The Good Old Days Were Really Expensive

_{Gale Pooley
March 20, 2024
Growth}

We buy things with money but pay for them with our time. Money prices are expressed in dollars and cents, while time prices are expressed in hours and minutes. A time price is simply the money price divided by hourly income. Read More ›

^{Bill Walton
December 31, 2020
Community}

The Bill Walton Show: Silver Linings

_{Bill Walton
December 31, 2020
Community}

As we wrap up one of the most chaotic years in modern memory, members of the BWS team gather virtually to talk about the impact of COVID-19 on our lives. What will the future hold when it comes to masks? The economy? Life in general? While 2020 is one most of us would like to forget, we manage to find several “silver linings” heading into 2021. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
October 9, 2020
Politics}

Lab Coat Tyranny

_{Christopher Rufo
October 9, 2020
Politics}

Public health authorities in California have unveiled a “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” that requires counties to meet new “health equity metrics” in order to emerge from the current Covid-19 lockdowns. It’s a broad experiment in social justice. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 17, 2020}

“Marxism at the Barricades:” A Wealth & Poverty Forum with Dr. Carlo Lancellotti

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 17, 2020}

In the third installment of our Wealth & Poverty Forum, Christopher Rufo, the director of the Center on Wealth & Poverty, interviews Dr. Carlo Lancellotti. Dr. Lancellotti is a professor of mathematics at CUNY Staten Island and the foremost translator of 20th-century Italian political philosopher Augusto Del Noce, who wrote ”The Crisis of Modernity” and ”The Age of Secularization.” Read More ›

^{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 ›