JOHN A. TEEVAN

Culture, Economics, and Common Grace.

JOHN A. TEEVAN

Culture, Economics, and Common Grace.

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How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill

Thomas Cahill on how Irish monks copied and carried the books of a collapsing Europe,...
  • Book Summary
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What’s Next? A New Two-World Order

Russia invaded Ukraine, China turned belligerent, and the 34-year-old world order ended. What a new...
  • Cultural Perspectives
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Winter in Germany: Inspiring Confidence and Trust

On China, Covid and climate, we assume the knowledgeable and elected will act wisely. A...
  • Cultural Perspectives
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Is the USA Different from Europe and China?

Four recent quotes from The Economist, a center-left publication, deliver ironic surprises when set against...
  • Cultural Perspectives
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The Bursting of China’s Housing Bubble

Unfinished 26-story towers stand wrapped in flapping tarps across China. Inside the bursting of the...
  • Economic Prospect
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The Bottom Billion by Paul Collier

Paul Collier on why the poorest billion stay stuck: civil war, natural resources, being landlocked...
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