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November 26, 2019|woke capital

The Poverty of Woke Capital: A Law & Liberty Symposium

by Law & Liberty Editors|

Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., speaks at an Economic Club of Washington event in Washington, D.C., on September 12, 2016. Credit: Kristoffer Tripplaar/Alamy Live News.
The loose bundle of corporate policies that have come to be known as woke capital occupy an increasing share of attention in the news, and for good reason.

November 26, 2019|corporate social responsibility, woke capital

Where Self-Interest Ends and Social Responsibility Begins

by Mark Hemingway|

Still from Gillette's toxic masculinity advertisement, "We Believe: The Best Men Can Be" (Proctor and Gamble).
Even those who believe that business is overregulated, must concede there’s a role for the political process to keep free markets from excess.

October 11, 2019|Free Markets, NBA, Social Justice, Stakeholders, woke capital

The Blowback Dividends of Woke Capitalism

by Richard M. Reinsch II|

BEIJING, CHINA - OCTOBER 09: A display is seen near a logo outside the NBA flagship retail store in Beijing. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)
The real legacy of woke capital gives shape to an outrage style in politics, one that ultimately threatens free markets.

October 11, 2019|China, Tim Cook, woke capital

Woke Capital Bows to China

by Titus Techera|

A general shot of the court during a preseason game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Brooklyn Nets as part of 2019 NBA Global Games China on October 10, 2019 at Mercedes Benz Arena in Shanghai, China. Copyright 2019 NBAE (Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images).
How dare free American citizens say something in favor of political freedom.

April 25, 2019|Environmentalism, patagonia, Wall Street, woke capital

Fleecing the Bankers

by Graham McAleer|

Casey Wasserman, founder and chief executive officer of Wasserman Media Group LLC, left, and Jeff Wilpon, senior executive vice president and chief operating officer of the New York Mets, Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, U.S., on July 6, 2016 (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images).
Patagonia produces bespoke fleece vests emblazoned with the names of America’s great financial houses, but now money isn't enough to procure them.

February 26, 2019|Ballroom Dancing, Cultural Appropriation, Equality, Group Rights, radicalism, Social Justice, woke capital

The Illogic of Cultural Appropriation

by Mike Rappaport|

Two Brazilian men wearing traditional native American feather headbands pose for photos at a Carnival street party in Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 15, 2017 (Image: lazyllama/shutterstock.com).
Criticisms about cultural appropriation turn out to be inconsistent with essential aspects of the greatness of a free society.

Book Reviews

A Mirror of the 20th-Century Congress

by Joseph Postell

Wright undermined the very basis of his local popularity—the decentralized nature of the House—by supporting reforms that gave power to the party leaders.

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The Graces of Flannery O'Connor

by Henry T. Edmondson III

O'Connor's correspondence is a goldmine of piercing insight and startling reflections on everything from literature to philosophy to raising peacocks.

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Liberty Classics

Rereading Politica in the Post-Liberal Moment

by Glenn A. Moots

Althusius offers a rich constitutionalism that empowers persons to thrive alongside one another in deliberate communities.

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James Fenimore Cooper and the American Experiment

by Melissa Matthes

In The American Democrat, James Fenimore Cooper defended democracy against both mob rule and majority tyranny.

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Podcasts

Stuck With Decadence

A discussion with Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.

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Can the Postmodern Natural Law Remedy Our Failing Humanism?

A discussion with Graham McAleer

Graham McAleer discusses how postmodern natural law can help us think more coherently about human beings and our actions.

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Did the Civil Rights Constitution Distort American Politics?

A discussion with Christopher Caldwell

Christopher Caldwell discusses his new book, The Age of Entitlement.

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America, Land of Deformed Institutions

A discussion with Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin pinpoints that American alienation and anger emerges from our weak political, social, and religious institutions.

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