Business & Entrepeneurship

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...

Marketing and Progress: Business Over Bureaucrats

The business realm is multifaceted and always evolving thanks to the competitive nature of market-based systems. Advancing technologies, political interference, and dynamic consumer interests...

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...

Entrepreneurial Well-Being: What Science Shows and How to Build on It

Entrepreneurship is economically important. Entrepreneurs—the founders, owners, and managers of businesses large and small—contribute to economic growth, create new jobs, and provide employment. For...

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...

Cultural Districts and the Economics of Place

Across the United States, local governments and community leaders are increasingly turning to the arts as a strategy for economic development. One policy tool...

Measuring Freedom Around the World

The following is an interview conducted by Archbridge chief economist and Profectus co-editor Justin Callais with the lead authors of the Human Freedom Index,...

Why AI Is Not A Job Killer

This article originally appeared at the Rational Optimist Society in March 2025. It has been republished with permission.   What if you knew for certain that...

American Dynamism: A Profectus Roundtable

Since its founding, American dynamism has gone hand-in-hand with the American Dream. By technical definition, a dynamic economy is one that adapts, innovates, and...

A Civilization of Commerce

At the beginning of his Constitution of Liberty (1960), the Nobel economist F.A. Hayek wrote the following dedication: “To the unknown civilization that is...