Videos
Watch recordings of past public lectures and other events hosted by Civitas.
Content

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?

Dynamism and Stagnation: An Outlook
Flexibility and responsiveness are particularly important during periods of shock.

What is an Establishment of Religion? And What Does Disestablishment Require?
Vincent Phillip Muñoz reviews a new book about the Establishment Clause.

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.

Recent Patterns of New Business Creation
The pandemic surge of new business entries highlights American entrepreneurial dynamism.

Trump's Immigration Agenda and the Constitution
The Trump administration may be able to resort to new, untried legal tactics to overcome resistance.

The Path Dependency of American Health Care
Health care policies promote the chance to acquire winning lottery tickets, offering greater health care services and product availability (subsidized by third parties) rather than better assurances of those resources being delivered and used more productively.

The Case Against Birthright Citizenship
No one at the time or now has advanced a coherent explanation as to why birthright citizenship is desirable as a matter of principle.
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The Arrival of Legal Traditionalism
With a clearer view of what justifies its traditionalist intuitions, the Court has an opportunity to right many residual wrongs from its past misadventures.

