The Just Third Way

Not too much new in the “news” this week, but perhaps there are a few items of interest.   Frankly, it’s difficult to know what tack to take...

    One of the goals of the Economic Democracy Act is to “democratize” ownership of capital.   By this we do not mean the collectivi...

    Last week we looked at a Beginner’s Guide to the Classics — books, that is.   Today, assuming you are all agog to start the proce...

At the risk of sounding redundant, this week’s news items differ only in detail from those of previous weeks.   The only antidote is to adop...

No, this is not the title of a 1950’s low-budget sci-fi flick.   Nor is it a cheap commercial from the, er, 1950s comparing what someone is ...

Yes, it’s a Good Thing to read “the Great Books” . . . but where do you start — and in a way that doesn’t turn you off immediately if not so...

From the news items it is more than a little obvious that the financial markets are in utter chaos, and the general economy reflects this un...

The U.S. National Debt is now climbing upwards of $39 trillion . . . although it’s not impossible to find some experts who claim the figure ...

This week we return to the podcasts created by Andrew Moore, a “Great Books” professor who bills himself as The Great Books Prof.   We don’...

Yes, once again we have a collection of news items which seem the same only more so.   Admittedly, it’s a little discouraging to continue re...

In the previous posting on this subject, we looked at the shaky moral foundation of Keynesian theory.   This consists of Keynes’s own assert...

Last week we posted a podcast about the importance of reading.   This week we have a podcast about books you might want to read.   Note, how...

For once we had to cut down on the number of news items we selected for inclusion in the news notes.   There were just too many of them, and...

 To some people, economics is not merely the dismal science (thanks to the Reverend Thomas Malthus), but also the incomprehensible science ....

Ever read a book titled, Darkness at Noon (1940) by Arthur Koestle?   Maybe make that a little easier: ever read a book?   Know anything ab...

Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that we seem to be living in a state of permanent paradox.   In our opinion, it began in earnest when Keyn...

    In last week’s posting on this subject, we briefly answered four questions posed by a professor about distributism and the Just T...

“Professor Dave” misstates the genuine religious position.   It is, for example, an “infallible teaching” of the Catholic Church that (and w...

We have no objection to good news.   We just wish there was some to report.   Instead, from what we can glean from the media, the economic a...

  Recently a genuine college professor got in touch with us and asked us if we would mind answering a few questions about the Just Third Way...

  In today’s podcast we conclude Professor Dave’s final series on philosophy . . . although we might find another one of his series we like ...

  There have been some interesting developments this week . . . although we were hoping for “positive” and “hopeful” rather than merely “int...

    An article in last week’s Yahoo! Finance , “ Inflation slowed in January as consumer prices rise 2.4% over prior year to start 20...

  In today’s podcast we continue Professor Dave’s final series on philosophy.   As we noted last week, this three-part series covers what is...