Samuel Gregg

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Democracy’s fall in America

29 Nov 2019 | FEATURES |  

tags: egalitarianism, religion, Tocqueville

Straying from Tocqueville's vision.

How woke capitalism corrupts business

28 Oct 2019 | FEATURES |  

tags: business, natural law, politics

Sentimental humanitarianism has no place in business.

How Christianity created the free society

7 Oct 2016 | ABOVE |  

tags: Christianity, liberalism, religious freedom

The Christian roots of modern liberalism.

Regensburg, Ratzinger, and our crisis of reason

23 Sep 2016 | FEATURES |  

tags: Benedict XVI, Enlightenment, Islamic theology, reason, Regensburg address, relativism

Defending reason from fideism and 'feelings'.

Is globalisation the enemy of the people?

8 Aug 2016 | FEATURES |  

tags: Brexit, financial markets, free trade, globalisation

A political economist explains why the integration of markets is not in itself a bad thing.

Public Debt, Political Paralysis, and the West

2 Jul 2015 | FEATURES |  

tags: debt, economics

Government and citizens refuse to face difficult economic choices.

God, reason, and our civilizational crisis

20 Mar 2015 | FEATURES |  

tags: Christianity, God, Islam, religion, Western civilization, Western values

The way Islam understands God shapes their culture. And the way the West understands God shapes ours.

Poverty, the rule of law, and human flourishing

8 Dec 2014 | FEATURES |  

tags: human dignity, poverty, rule of law

Poverty can only be reduced in societies which are governed by the rule of law.

Did the Protestant work ethic create capitalism?

21 Jan 2014 | FEATURES |  

tags: capitalism, economic history, economics

New research has shown that Max Weber's famous theory linking the two is quite wrong.

Fatal attraction: democracy and the welfare state

22 Jun 2010 | FEATURES |  

tags: democracy, economics, Global Financial Crisis, welfare state

Expansive and expensive welfare programs have brought European social democracies to the verge of catastrophe. Will democracy hamper economic reform?

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