Humanomics: Do Morals Have a Place in Economics?

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The Independent Review

Winter 2024/25
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Is economics just the study of how people make and use money? The short answer, of course, is: no!

But the longer (and much more interesting!) answer is found in latest issue of The Independent Review in the symposium Humanomics: Do Morals Have a Place In Economics? where we analyze the connection between humanity and economics.

For example, we show how community-led (NOT government-led) programs in postwar nations helped cool tensions and avert further humanitarian crises by protecting private property, and why so much charitable giving tragically ends up being ineffective, and more. The key takeaway? The study of economics is the study of human life in action.

Also in this issue: why deregulation might actually increase regulatory burdens; the micro-targeting of voters in American elections; and the winners of our 2024 Student Essay Contest: Jonah Tran (University of Notre Dame) analyzes Milton Friedman’s doctrine that the social responsibility of a business is to increase its profits, while Katie Kirk (Wofford College) writes on federalism and police powers in a post-COVID-19 society.

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Winter 2024/25 ([link removed]) Issue Contents

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Articles

Applied Humanomics: Introduction to the Symposium ([link removed]) *

By Diana W. Thomas

Governance in the Aftermath of Violent Internal Conflict ([link removed])

By Colin O’Reilly

Homo Agens and Homo Moralis in Humanomics ([link removed])

By Douglas B. Rasmussen

A More Humane Altruism: Effective Altruism Meets Humanomics ([link removed])

By Michael D. Thomas

On Organizational Independence ([link removed])

By Daniel J. D’Amico

Economic Calculation and the Role of Prices in Privatization ([link removed])

By Tegan Truitt, Scott Andrew Burns

Deregulatory Capture: Why Deregulation May Increase the Regulatory Burden ([link removed])

By Max Molden

Microtargeting Voters in the 2016 U.S. Election: Was Cambridge Analytica Really Different? ([link removed])

By Keith Jakee, Demi Fink

Reflections

A Short Defense of Immoderate Wealth ([link removed])

By Jan Narveson

Student Contest Essays

Profits for a Purpose: A Thomistic Analysis of the Friedman Doctrine ([link removed]) *

By Jonah T. Tran

The State of Federalism and Police Powers in a Post-COVID-19 Society ([link removed]) *

By Katie Kirk

The Political Economy of Rights ([link removed]) *

By Daniel Mayorga Montesdeoca

Self-Interest and the French Revolution: The Redefinition of Ambition and Virtue ([link removed]) *

By W. Gene Smiley

Marine Shell Beads as Primitive Money in Mississippian Culture ([link removed]) *

By Evan Osborne

22 Book Reviews Including…

What Universities Owe Democracy ([link removed]) *
By Ronald J. Daniels (with Grant Shreve and Phillip Spector)
Reviewed by Joseph M. Knippenberg
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The Political Economy of Distributism: Property, Liberty, and the Common Good ([link removed]) *
By Alexander William Salter
Reviewed by Gregory J. Robson
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No Free Lunch: Six Economic Lies You’ve Been Taught and Probably Believe ([link removed]) *
By Caleb S. Fuller
Reviewed by Ninos P. Malek
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An Economic Theory of Home Schooling ([link removed]) *
By Brian Baugus
Reviewed by Stephen Miller
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