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New York Times • Opinion | The Rising Tide of Global Sadness
Even if you don’t regard material wealth as central to human well-being, economic growth brings many other values, including, for instance, much greater access to the arts and education. Economic growth also gives individuals greater autonomy and minimizes the chance that their destiny will be determined by the time and place in which they were bor
... See moreTyler Cowen • Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals
Love Your Enemies: How Decent People Can Save America from the Culture of Contempt
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“Don’t let your neighbor drift along in lanes of loneliness,” Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik writes. “Don’t permit him to become remote and alienated from you.”
David Brooks • The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life
In college he read The Other America, Michael Harrington’s account of the lives of the American poor, and listened to John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech, with its bracing call to public service.
Michael Lewis • The Fifth Risk
“Programs should be judged based on results, not intentions.” —Milton Friedman,
Henry Alkire • Weight Lifting Is a Waste of Time
From antiquity to today, the best societies, as well as the best companies, have been the ones with a framework of freedom in which individuals can improve their lives by improving the lives of others.
Charles G. Koch • Good Profit
Happiness is a combination of enjoyment, satisfaction, and purpose.