The most insightful critics of Marxism said that socialism’s greatest es not from economics but anthropology and theology. Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., put that reality on display on Easter Sunday, when he tweeted that collective social action “is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus Christ.” On the holiest holiday on the liturgical calendar, Warnock wrote: The meaning of Easter is more transcendent than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Whether you are Christian or not, through mitment to helping others...

In Minneapolis, members of the clergy and Congress alike spent the weeks before Derek Chauvin’s conviction on all charges pouring gasoline on the fire of rioters’ rage. Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., told rioters to e even “more confrontational” unless the jury convicted Chauvin of murder – ideally “first-degree murder,” a crime with which he was not charged. Meanwhile, Pastor Runney Patterson, standing alongside Al Sharpton, told Minneapolis’ Greater Friendship Missionary Baptist Church last month that if jurors didn’t return a...

In our efforts to spur economic growth and retain American dynamism, we tend to be overly consumed by surface-level tweaks to our economic systems. Yet economists continue to discover that the distinguishing features of flourishing societies are more readily found at the levels of culture. Deirdre McCloskey has emphasized the role of ideas and rhetoric, arguing that our newfound prosperity has e from piling brick on brick, or bachelor’s degree on bachelor’s degree, or bank balance on bank balance, but...

In-person school closures due to COVID-19 lockdowns widened the gap between the rich and poor, a new study conducted by Oxford University has found. While young people of all demographic groups fell behind during the period of remote learning, those from the least educated homes were the hardest hit. Researchers studied elementary students from age 8 to 11 in the Netherlands, because they found the country best suited to endure the pandemic. Dutch schools test students twice a year, and...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said she plans to impose a global minimum tax on U.S. corporations, which she will coordinate with global leaders to stop “a destructive, global race to the bottom.” How will this work; what will it do to petitiveness; and is it constitutional? Here are the facts you need to know. What is a global minimum tax? A global minimum tax would see wealthy nations agree not to lower their tax rates on corporations that are...

Recently in Grand Rapids an old idea served as a catalyst for a munity event, the “Really Really Free Market.” This “market” was open to guests where they are free to give and take a range of goods provided munity members and organizations free of charge: Organizer MC Camp said munity-building event feels too good to be true to many, but represents local generosity. They encouraged people to ditch the idea of considering the event “charity” and focus more on...

In the latest twist in China’s suppression of Hong Kong’s rights, pro-democracy dissident Jimmy Lai has been convicted of taking part in an unauthorized, prayerful assembly and entered a guilty plea to taking part in a second such event. The human rights leader faces five years in prison for leading a protest in which thousands prayed and sang Christian hymns in the streets. Officials charged Lai and six others with leading a protest for democracy on August 31, 2019, without...

The Biden administration proposes a global minimum tax on corporations to end the “global race to the bottom.” Leaving aside the wisdom of letting France tax U.S.-based corporations, this phrase recalls one of the regnant canards of our time: Capitalism inevitably lowers living standards and grinds people down into poverty. The myth of the “race to the bottom” is among the multitudes of errors, distortions, and outright lies of the 1619 Project but has escaped notice, because so few recognize...

When reflecting on our economic action,we tend to be overly focused on one side of the exchange: our own benefit, our own profit, our own “piece of the pie.” Our consumer-centered culture happily affirms such an emphasis, routinely promoting a zero-sum vision of the economy and self-centered attitudes about vocation, daily work, and economic exchange. But when we take a step back, we see that our economic interactions also represent real relationships, each offering unique opportunities for love, service, generosity,...

When making the case against socialism, many of its critics focus first on the “practical” problems: the lack of incentives and market prices, the fatal conceits of central planners, the totalitarian temptations of ruling elites, etc. With problems such as these, socialism cannot possibly live up to its supposed ideals. But sometimes, we go a step further, saying things like “socialism sounds good on paper,” or “socialism would be wonderful, if only it actually worked.” Would it? For those who...