Sunday, November 9, 2025

Dealing with the Backlash Against Capitalism/Globalization

Americans See a Government That Can’t Solve Their Problems
https://www.wsj.com/politics/elections/americans-see-a-government-that-cant-solve-their-problems-60321b82
Decisive Democratic wins just a year after Trump’s GOP sweep signal voters are impatient for change.

People around the world are dissatisfied with democracy
https://youtu.be/nx1UGyfJiVo

The lessons Democrats need to learn to win again
https://fareedzakaria.com/columns/2025/11/8/the-lessons-democrats-need-to-learn-to-win-again
 
Grade Inflation Produced Mamdani’s Proletariat
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/grade-inflation-produced-mamdanis-proletariat-d2807aea
Unemployable college grads blame capitalism, but the real culprit is higher-ed subsidies.


Adam Smith and the Moral Economy We Have Lost
https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/adam-smith-proper-economics-presupposes-moral-commitments-by-antara-haldar-2025-11
Adam Smith favored neither state socialism nor unbridled markets, but something subtler: a moral economy grounded in sympathy and the pursuit of human flourishing. In a world where markets look increasingly unmoored from ethics, we could do worse than to revisit what the "founding father" of economics actually wrote.