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Across Civitas Outlook and the broader media landscape, our scholars provide timely insights into issues of national significance.

These Mayors Understand How to Run a City

Armed with common sense policies, three urban leaders are fighting a patient battle against chaos.

Joel Kotkin
Economic Dynamism
Jan 24, 2025
Causes Tending to Undermine a Democratic Republic

Commentary on de Tocqueville: Vol. One, Part Two, Chapter Nine

Richard Epstein
Constitutionalism
Jan 22, 2025
Why Europe and America Need Each Other

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

Joel Kotkin
Politics
Jan 3, 2025
Saving Free Markets in America

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

Samuel Gregg, Richard M. Reinsch II
Economic Dynamism
Jan 3, 2025
The Presidential Solution to Taming the Growing Federal Debt
Economic Dynamism
Dec 23, 2024
Postpone Your Pleasures
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 19, 2024
The Lone Star State Is Soaring
Pursuit of Happiness
Dec 19, 2024
The American University Is Rotting from Within
Politics
Dec 12, 2024
The World War II Lesson for DOGE
Economic Dynamism
Dec 10, 2024
Binder's "Shock Values" Named WSJ Top 10 Book of 2024
Economic Dynamism
Dec 7, 2024
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Congressional Testimony: Rowena He on the Chinese Communist Party’s Historical Revisionism
Rowena He
Politics
Dec 5, 2024
The Apprentice Is Back, and This Time He Means Business
Dirk Mateer
Politics
Dec 3, 2024
The Return of Realpolitik
Joel Kotkin
Politics
Dec 2, 2024
DEI Is Dead. The Establishment Media Just Doesn’t Want You to Know It
Joel Kotkin
Politics
Nov 29, 2024
Will Republicans Save the Humanities?
Benjamin Storey, Jenna Storey
Pursuit of Happiness
Jun 20, 2024
We Need a Full Accounting of Biden’s Presidential Incapacity
John Yoo, Robert Delahunty
Politics
Jan 31, 2024
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Brains Versus Brawn: Ordinal Rank Effects in Job Training

Is it better to be a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a big pond?

Scott Carrell, Alexander J. Chesney
Pursuit of Happiness
Jan 28, 2025
Dynamism and Stagnation: An Outlook

Flexibility and responsiveness are particularly important during periods of shock.

Ed Glaeser
Economic Dynamism
Jan 8, 2025
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
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
Politics
Dec 11, 2024
Recent Patterns of New Business Creation

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

Ryan Decker
Economic Dynamism
Dec 10, 2024
The Housing and Migration Crisis

Challenges to housing affordability have undermined economic mobility and dynamism.

Dan Shoag
Economic Dynamism
Dec 10, 2024
Reflections on Mass Flourishing: 10 Years Later

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

Edmund Phelps
Economic Dynamism
Dec 10, 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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Dynamism & Its Enemies: 2024 Austin Symposium Recap

Economic Dynamism
Sept 15, 24
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Arthur C. Brooks on the Pursuit of Happiness in an Unhappy World

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Sept 15, 24
1:23:22

Nobel Laureate Edmund Phelps on What Makes Nations Prosper

Economic Dynamism
Sept 15, 24
33:39

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

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Sept 15, 24
1:03:18

Samuel Gregg on the Humane Economy

Economic Dynamism
Sept 15, 24
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