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Our guest this week on "The RJ Moeller Show" is Michael S. Greve, author of the new book from Values & Capitalism: "The Constitution: Understanding America's Founding Document." Michael S. Greve is a professor at George Mason University School of Law. From 2000 to 2012, Michael was the John G. Searle Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, where he remains a visiting scholar.
Faith
AEI's Arthur Brooks recently sat down with Mel Lawrenz of Elmbrook Church to discuss vocation, effective poverty relief, differing views of human nature in relation to economic systems, the importance of mediating institutions and more.
Society
Moscow may have the worst traffic in the world, but it has some of the most innovative taxi services. And unlike U.S. cities, it allows them to flourish and compete. Yandex Taxi, Wheely and Get Taxi work roughly the same way.
Society
In my previous post I presented J.P. Morgan. Now let's explore some of the negative thinking behind Morgan, and discuss claims of "too much wealth" and judgments passed on Morgan related to his philosophy of charity.
Faith
In his modern classic "The Call," the Christian social critic Dr. Os Guinness (and yes, for those wondering about the name, beer is in his blood) tells of a blunt Singaporean economist who made the following statement: "The decisive question for the West is its capacity to direct and discipline capitalism with an ethic strong enough to do so. I myself don’t believe the West can do it."
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Politics
Our special guest this week on "The RJ Moeller Show" is Mike Murphy. Mr. Murphy is a long-time political consultant who currently resides in Los Angeles, Calif. He attended Georgetown for graduate work before starting his own consulting firm. He has advised such politicians as John McCain, Mitt Romney and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Society
A few weeks ago, I sat drinking coffee with my sister outside of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. Just as we got up to leave, we were startled by a yell from across the way: “Hey! You dropped something!” We looked back to see my sister’s sweater lying underneath the bench, and were greeted with a smile when we thanked the nameless man for his help.
Society
The History Channel’s miniseries on the entrepreneurs who built America in the second half of the 19th century portrays J.P. Morgan as a greedy robber baron. For those unfamiliar with that term, a robber baron was (according to my dictionary) “an unscrupulous plutocrat, esp. an American capitalist who acquired a fortune in the late nineteenth century by ruthless means.”
Faith
“Nones are on the rise”—and no, I’m not talking about "Sister Act." A 2012 report by the Pew Research Center showed that “the number of Americans who do not identify with any religion continues to grow at a rapid pace. One-fifth of the U.S. public—and a third of adults under 30—are religiously unaffiliated today.”

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