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Dec 6, 2024 | 
merionwest.com | Henry George
“The economic situation during the Biden administration eroded and degraded the average American’s ability to participate in the life of the nation as an economically self-sufficient citizen.”he result could not be clearer: President-elect Donald Trump decisively won the presidential election of 2024. With the former President at the top of the ticket, Republicans won the Senate, retained the House, and led a nation-wide swing to win the popular vote.
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Sep 29, 2024 | 
thecritic.co.uk | Henry George
Individually and collectively, we must choose life In the beginning of the 2004 film Troy, loosely based on the Homeric narrative, we hear these lines: “Men are haunted by the vastness of eternity. And so we ask ourselves: will our actions echo across the centuries?
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Jul 15, 2024 | 
morningstar.com | Henry George
New York, NY, July 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The world of cryptocurrency is set to be revolutionized by the launch of The Matt Furie Token, a unique and captivating project inspired by the artistic genius and cultural influence of Matt Furie. As the creative mind behind the iconic Boy's Club comic series, Furie has left an indelible mark on internet culture with a number of beloved meme characters.
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Jun 26, 2024 | 
vitalcitynyc.org | Henry George
The author of ‘The Rise of the Creative Class’ makes the case for family-friendly cities. Richard Florida has been studying and writing about cities for nearly four decades. He is best known for articulating the theory that urban economic development hinges on concentrations of artists, tech workers and other “high bohemian” members of the educated “creative class” — articulated in his best-selling 2002 book, “The Rise of the Creative Class.”That theory had many critics.
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May 9, 2024 | 
merionwest.com | Henry George
“New populations moving into a country creates ready-made client groups to which the managerial state can administer, gaining new voting blocs, which continue to vote for the party of the managerial state.”oward the end of my March essay in this magazine on mass immigration and the American nation, I wrote that the immigration revolution is a partner to the managerial revolution.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
merionwest.com | Henry George
“Any serious government would, therefore, develop and implement immigration policy with the utmost care. Instead, our governments are experimenting with unprecedented peacetime increases in immigration that further expand ethnic and cultural diversity.”n a previous piece on immigration in the United States, I paraphrased Christopher Caldwell to ask if the United States can stay the same with different people in it.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
merionwest.com | Henry George
“The monthly encounters under President Biden have been like nothing else seen in American history. There are estimates that, in 2023, there were more illegal alien encounters per month than babies born to American mothers.”ass immigration into Western nations is among the defining issues of our time. It will continue to be so. The numbers that have come already are extraordinary.
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Feb 23, 2024 | 
merionwest.com | Henry George |Erich Prince
“Yes, as you mentioned, one of the most interesting findings of Lament for a Nation, which came out in 1965—it’s Grant’s most famous book—is that in Grant’s view, there’s really no such thing as American conservatism.”n December 21st, Merion West contributing writer Henry George and Merion West editor-in-chief Erich J. Prince were joined by Grant Havers for a discussion about the latter’s writings and the topic of Canadian conservatism.
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Dec 4, 2023 | 
merionwest.com | Henry George |Erich Prince
“Bonner has done a great service in reminding us what true civilization means, the cost of losing it, and how we can regain it.”ivilization is something that we live within without realizing that it is a striking achievement of human ingenuity, courage, intellect, and will. We have become so accustomed in the West to things working at a basic level that we have for too long simply assumed civilization’s permanence and vitality.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
econtalk.org | Milton Friedman |Henry George |Alfred Marshall |George Stigler
0:37Intro. [Recording date: October 11, 2023.]Russ Roberts: Today is October 11th, 2023, and my guest is historian Jennifer Burns of Stanford University where she is Associate Professor of History and a research fellow at the Hoover Institution. She was first here in October of 2017 talking about Ayn Rand. Her latest book and the topic of today's conversation is Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative. Jennifer, welcome back to EconTalk. Jennifer Burns: Yeah, thanks for having me, Russ.
