Mental Health Crisis—or Crisis of Overdiagnosis?

Something strange is happening in psychiatry. We are spending more on mental health care than ever before, have invested decades of research into new drugs and treatment modalities, and are talking...
Latest
Recommended

Mental Health Crisis—or Crisis of Overdiagnosis?

Something strange is happening in psychiatry. We are spending more on mental health care than ever before, have invested decades of research into new drugs and treatment modalities, and...

Why Americans Should Root for Religious Renewal

Over the past three decades, the fastest-growing religious demographic in America hasn’t been evangelical Christians, Catholics, or Muslims. It’s the “nones”—people who claim to have “no religious affiliation.” In...

Entrepreneurship, Not Aid, Drives Lasting Prosperity

The discourse on economic development has long recognized international aid as a significant instrument for poverty reduction and growth. Over the past five decades, official foreign aid to developing...

How Nostalgia and Organizational History Can Engage Younger Workers

Employers face growing challenges when it comes to sustaining employee engagement, especially among younger workers. Gallup reports that engagement among U.S. employees has fallen to its lowest level in...

Building a Better Case for Capitalism

Capitalism has lifted billions out of poverty, driven unprecedented innovation, and expanded human freedom on a scale no other economic system has matched. Yet...

Entrepreneurship, Not Aid, Drives Lasting Prosperity

The discourse on economic development has long recognized international aid as a significant instrument for poverty reduction and growth. Over the past five decades,...

Daniel Burnham: American Visionary (An American Original)

Our American Originals series of biographies has focused on men and women who started or built large enterprises that touched the lives of millions, often creating thousands of jobs. Yet, there...

Kirk Kerkorian: The Risk Taker Who Rose from Poverty to Change Las Vegas and Armenia (An American Original)

One of the myths about great entrepreneurs is that they love risk and are big gamblers. In fact, they usually do everything they can...

Raymond Loewy: The Unsung Story of the Greatest Industrial Designer (An American Original)

Outside of the field of product and transportation design, too few people know who Raymond Loewy was. The best-known industrial designer, founder of the...

Safety Is Not The Goal: Why Boys Need Risk to Flourish

Parents who visit the all-boys school where I have been headmaster for the past 23 years are often shocked by the amount of freedom we give our students. Tree-climbing,...

Teach Nuance and Pragmatism on Climate Change

As professors and teachers of any subject, it's our responsibility to teach students rigorous habits of mind, to make them aware of un-rigorous and unhelpful mental pitfalls, and to...

The Rise and Fall of History’s Greatest Civilizations: An Interview with Johan Norberg

The following is an interview conducted by Archbridge Chief Economist Justin Callais with Johan Norberg, author of the new book, Peak Human: What We Can Learn From History’s Greatest Civilizations. Justin...

North American Free Trade: A Profectus Roundtable

Since the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in 1992, the United States, Mexico, and Canada have established a long-standing relationship...

Adapted for the Apocalypse: An Interview with Athena Aktipis

The following is an interview conducted by Archbridge Vice President of Research and Director of the Human Flourishing Lab Clay Routledge with Athena Aktipis, a...