Paul DeRosa

Apr 17, 2024 | americanpurpose.com | Jeffrey Gedmin |Paul DeRosa

The Race to Zero: How ESG Investing Will Crater the Global Financial Systemby Paul H. Tice (Encounter Books, 328 pp., $27.29)Environmental, social, and governance investing (ESG) as Paul Tice describes it is “liberal progressive politics masquerading as finance.” With his book The Race To Zero, he is sounding the alarm: There is more than one “zero” in play. Environmentalists are thinking zero carbon emissions, but are they leading the world toward zero GDP?

Mar 14, 2023 | americanpurpose.com | Francis Fukuyama |Paul DeRosa

In a world preoccupied with the life and death conflict in Ukraine, it is easy to dismiss the directionless political leadership and economic stagnation in Italy as third-order problems. Italy, however, is a good bit more than just a nice place for vacation and a source of elegant clothing, and its failures warrant more attention than they have received.