Racialism—not racism—is engulfing our civilization. Racism is a special case of racialism, one that was fading slowly from our society but has been given renewed vivification by the racialism infecting our public life. Racism is
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As is well known, for Karl Marx work was a source of alienation. In the Christian tradition, too, the Genesis account teaches that the hardship of toil is a result of sin. Everyone has some
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Labor Day celebrations are coming. We celebrate the worker and the creations of his hands. This wonderful celebration, however, has for long been informed by serious economic errors. The day evokes in me memories of
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There were widespread calls for action. Mass shootings, rising suicide rates, and an opioid epidemic were just a few of the signs that the United States had a mental health crisis on its hands. The
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The dreaded word “Capitalism” is still with us and still the cause of much debate. Capitalism is hated by many, embraced by others, and misunderstood by most—even by those who benefit lavishly from it. For
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“The right of property is the guardian of every other right, and to deprive a people of this is, in fact, to deprive them of their liberty.” The Virginian Arthur Lee wrote that in 1775.
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The narrative inundating our public life and academic work is one of black oppression. We are told that black powerlessness is the direct result of the oppressive activity of the dominant white group. White America
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For centuries, the main issue that occupied thinkers delving into economics was the question of justice. They wanted to create a just system of economic life and that is a question that comes often in
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Taken at face value, the expression that something needs to be redistributed implies an initial distribution. For redistribution of wealth to obtain there must have been an initial distribution of wealth. Now, how to understand the redistribution of wealth
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