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Lord Andrew Roberts on Winston Churchill and the US-UK Special Relationship, Then and Now

Politics
59:44

Dynamism & Its Enemies: 2024 Austin Symposium Recap

Economic Dynamism
1:31

Edward Glaeser on Dynamism and Stagnation

Economic Dynamism
1:04:19

Arthur C. Brooks on The Art & Science of Getting Happier: Live at The Texas Tribune

Pursuit of Happiness
1:06:07

Edward Glaeser on Dynamism and Stagnation

Economic Dynamism
1:04:19

Dynamism & Its Enemies: 2024 Austin Symposium Recap

Economic Dynamism
1:31

Nobel Laureate Edmund Phelps on What Makes Nations Prosper

Economic Dynamism
33:39

Deirdre McCloskey on Where Prosperity Comes From

Economic Dynamism
1:01:01

Daniel Shoag on the Housing and Migration Challenge

Economic Dynamism
55:09

John Yoo: Merchan Is ‘Making Sure’ Trump Is the First Felon President

Politics
Jan 6, 2025
5:49

John Yoo: Critics Skewer New York Judge for Scheduling Trump’s Sentencing Before Inauguration

Politics
Jan 3, 2025
4:41

John Yoo: Biden Uses Carter’s Death to Take Dig at Trump

Politics
Dec 30, 2024
7:16

Justin Dyer on Civic Education: Live at AEI's Future of the American University Conference

Politics
19:09

Jonathan Haidt and Jonathan Rauch on Creating Knowledge in a Fragmented Age

Politics
1:30:10

Keeping the Republic: A Constitution Day Lecture with Marc Landy

Constitutionalism
1:05:44

Arthur C. Brooks on The Art & Science of Getting Happier: Live at The Texas Tribune

Pursuit of Happiness
1:06:07

Melissa Kearney on Two-Parent Privilege and Social Mobility

Pursuit of Happiness
1:19:06

Christine Emba on Love, Sex, and Liberalism

Pursuit of Happiness
1:02:41

Arthur C. Brooks on the Pursuit of Happiness in an Unhappy World

Pursuit of Happiness
1:23:22

Jeff Rosen on What “The Pursuit of Happiness” Meant to America's Founders

Pursuit of Happiness
1:03:18
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Past events
Freedom and Willing Servitude in Plato’s Laws
Freedom and Willing Servitude in Plato’s Laws
Hosted
Sep 25, 2024
Middle East Dialogue: Is a Two-state Solution still Viable?
Middle East Dialogue: Is a Two-state Solution still Viable?
Hosted
Sep 25, 2024
The Enduring Legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment
The Enduring Legacy of the Scottish Enlightenment
Hosted
Jul 6, 2024
Civitas
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Content

What is an Establishment of Religion? And What Does Disestablishment Require?

Vincent Phillip Muñoz reviews a new book about the Establishment Clause.

Vincent Phillip Muñoz
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 16, 2024
National Poll from Civitas Institute: Trump Victory Driven by Voters Who Reject Status Quo

The poll asked 1,200 Americans an array of questions about how things are going in America.

Daron Shaw
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Dec 11, 2024
Reflections on Mass Flourishing: 10 Years Later

Nobel laureate Edmund Phelps reflects on his book, Mass Flourishing, ten years after publication.

Edmund Phelps
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 10, 2024
The Housing and Migration Crisis

Challenges to housing affordability have undermined economic mobility and dynamism.

Dan Shoag
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 10, 2024
Recent Patterns of New Business Creation

The pandemic surge of new business entries highlights American entrepreneurial dynamism.

Ryan Decker
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 10, 2024
Sludge, Stagnation, and Dynamism

Cass Sunstein explores the pervasive problem of "sludge"—bureaucratic obstacles that hinder innovation.

Cass Sunstein
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Dec 6, 2024
Burying Settler Colonialism's Ideologiekritik

The Settler Colonialist ideological critique destroys minds, bodies, and societies.

Paul Seaton
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Jan 6, 2025
Deconstructing the Administrative State: Will This Time be Different?

Our political system is designed so that durable and significant policy change is only achievable through congressional action.

Joseph Postell
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Jan 3, 2025
Saving Free Markets in America

American markets are under siege by interventionists on both the left and the right.

Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Jan 3, 2025
Why Europe and America Need Each Other

European elites have let their snobbery towards Trump blind them to their own interests.

Joel Kotkin
Multiple Contributors
Politics
Jan 3, 2025
The Puzzles of Trumponomics 2.0

Economic puzzles abound in the incoming Trump administration.

Samuel Gregg
Multiple Contributors
Economic Dynamism
Jan 2, 2025
Biden's Shakespearean End: Something Wicked This Way Comes

Biden’s use of his clemency power is best viewed in the context of one of Shakespeare’s tragedies.

Paul J. Larkin
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Jan 1, 2025
Chemerinsky's Constitutional Wishlist

Instead of indulging in progressive fever dreams, we should spend more time on real education, legal or otherwise.

Tal Fortgang
Multiple Contributors
Constitutionalism
Dec 31, 2024

The Three Whiskey Happy Hour

Steven Hayward brings you the Power Line Blog's perspective on the week's big headlines.

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