The Winter 2024/25 issue of The Independent Review is now available!
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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