Rebuilding the liberal consensus requires us to go beyond the minimalist version of it.

Rebuilding the liberal consensus requires us to go beyond the minimalist version of it.

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Be careful what you wish for

Friends, In Good Faith is out!

An assessment of the global economic outlook, and some updates

Why a few cool data points probably aren’t a sign of weakening demand

An interesting new book by a former Economist writer says that would jolt individuals out of their ennui

Assessing the world economy’s resilience

And the interest-rate reckoning to come

Avent's ‘In Good Faith’ achieves something genuinely difficult: a synthetic account of human belief, cultural evolution, and social meaning that takes religion seriously without being religious.

An interesting new book by a former Economist writer says that would jolt individuals out of their ennui

How a society’s capacity for belief forms the foundation of its successDo you struggle to find reasons to feel optimistic about the future? Are you trying ...

Politics could be a bigger constraint than power and compute

What Rhymes With Now? · Episode

Let's consider the totality of the human experience on this planet. Yes, it connects to livable streets, we promise. It's a very special episode of Talking Headways!

For a deeper dive on the subjects addressed here, please check out my new book, In Good Faith: How the Nature of Belief Shapes the Fate of Societies, which is now out and available for purchase!

For a deeper dive on the subjects addressed here, please check out my new book, In Good Faith: How the Nature of Belief Shapes the Fate of Societies, which is now out and available for purchase!

How a society’s capacity for belief forms the foundation of its successDo you struggle to find reasons to feel optimistic about the future? Are you trying ...

On Al Roth's new book and morality in economics

On Al Roth's new book and morality in economics

On meeting today's social crises and preparing for those to come

On meeting today's social crises and preparing for those to come

In the developed world, many people are both better off and unsatisfied. On this episode of The Big View, Peter Thal Larsen talks to Ryan Avent, author of ‘In Good Faith’, about the eroding beliefs un...

How a society’s capacity for belief forms the foundation of its successDo you struggle to find reasons to feel optimistic about the future? Are you trying ...

How a society’s capacity for belief forms the foundation of its successDo you struggle to find reasons to feel optimistic about the future? Are you trying ...

How a society’s capacity for belief forms the foundation of its successDo you struggle to find reasons to feel optimistic about the future? Are you trying ...

If you follow celebrity news at all, you know that the man-bites-dog stories are the ones about stars who never let fame go to their heads.