The Just Third Way

Today’s podcast is another appearance by “Great Books” philosopher Mortimer J. Adler on William F. Buckley’s Firing Line .   Again, we could...

 We have sad news this week, the passing of one of the pioneer generation of the ESOP movement, Patricia Hetter Kelso.   As co-author with L...

 The trouble with even the biggest and most beautiful bill is that eventually you have to pay your bills, and the beauty of what you bought ...

Today’s podcast is another “long-lost treasure” from the legacy left by “Great Books” philosopher Mortimer J. Adler.   We would say more, bu...

The Big News this week is the Big Beautiful Bill . . . which as far as we can tell doesn’t do anything to get the Economic Democracy Act : a...

 Back in 1951 MGM released Royal Wedding , one of the movie musicals for which the studio was noted.   Famous for the scene that has Fred As...

  Today’s podcast is about “Labor's Great Mistake: The Economics of Full Employment and Wealth Production.”   In this writing, Kelso cha...

 Some of this week’s news items might come across as a trifle surreal but we can assure you they are drawn from today’s headlines.   The sto...

 The election of Pope Leo XIV has aroused renewed interest in “Catholic” social teaching . . . which is not “Catholic,” but “catholic” with ...

  Today’s podcast is the Preface to The Capitalist Manifesto: Revolutionizing Democracy and Economy by Mortimer J. Adler and Louis O. Kelso...

As usual, there is nothing new under the sun with the news affecting the effort to get legislators to adopt the Economic Democracy Act .   S...

 Pope Leo XIV, the newly elected leader of the Catholic Church, faces many challenges in applying Catholic social doctrine to solving today’...

  Today’s podcast delves into the causes of poverty in America, as examined by Louis O. Kelso and Patricia Hetter.   The discussion debunks ...

 This week’s news items are a replay of past weeks that suggest the only way to solve a lot of the problems affecting the economy is to adop...

 Everyone needs power.   It’s essential if you want to take control of your own life and become virtuous, as Aristotle pointed out.   The pr...

Today we present a very brief overview of the career of Louis Orth Kelso, the lawyer-economist and corporate attorney who developed the theo...

 Admittedly there is a depressing sameness about the news items these days, but with a little hard work and a lot of luck (or maybe the othe...

 According to a recent article in Fortune magazine, “Boomers” are being forced to “unretire” due to inadequate savings.   That’s bad, of co...

Today we present “The Thoughtful Rebel's Guide to Economics: A Lecture by Louis Kelso.”   This 1969 lecture delivered by Louis Orth Kels...

Admittedly, there is a depressing sameness in the news items this week and the previous weeks, but a lot of that is due to the extreme uncer...

 Those of you who remember the very early songs by Tom Lehrer will be familiar with the gentlemanly fight song he wrote for his alma mater, ...

Today we present “The Revolutionary Economic Insights of Louis Kelso.”   In this comprehensive exploration of Louis Kelso's economic tho...

 Economic chaos continues to reign supreme.   This will continue to be the case until people realize that something different is possible an...

A few years back a member of the CESJ board of directors expressed concern over the Economic Democracy Act and the necessity of shifting ne...