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What does it take to build a freer, more prosperous world? Brilliant people with shared purpose.
Thanksgiving week is here again. Last year I wrote that it meant mediocre football, but the Detroit Lions, against all odds, are quite good. My track record on holiday emails is mixed, but I’m confident in one thing: the importance of places like Mercatus.
Here, brilliant economists, philosophers, students, lawyers, and public intellectuals work on ideas that make the world more free, more prosperous, and more open to human possibility. There aren’t many institutions doing that work. I’m grateful to be part of one.
This year, I’m particularly grateful for a few things at Mercatus.
First, incredibly kind and generous colleagues.
This likely isn’t obvious from the outside, but Mercatians hold a wide diversity of viewpoints. I think of friends and colleagues who see the world very differently than I do, yet we’re united by a shared commitment to human agency and the conditions necessary for free people to flourish. I’m thankful for the programs that teach these commitments and are led by Virgil Storr, Stefanie Haeffele, and Ginny Choi.
I’m also grateful for our Emerging Scholars Program, which continues to bring in brilliant minds with fresh perspectives. I have a front-row seat to watch Henry Oliver explore the connections between literature and liberalism, imagination and ingenuity. Rebecca Lowe leads this program and also started our Philosophy Working Group, which meets every Wednesday to read and argue about classical liberalism and philosophy. She’s bullied me into reading more philosophy than I’ve read in twenty years, and I’m better for it.
Mercatus remains committed to free markets, free speech, freedom of association, the rule of law, and human dignity. Translating these ideas into real-world solutions and supporting human dynamism is what we do. And it’s needed more than ever.
I’m grateful that Mercatus has been doing this work for a generation, and that I get to do a small part of it alongside such thoughtful, mission-driven people.
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