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Joseph J. Dunn is the author of After One Hundred Years: Corporate Profits, Wealth, and American Society. He writes frequently on issues of economic justice.
Georgetown University’s description of its philosophy program promises to equip students "with important skills for living with themselves from day to day.” (Photo of John Carroll statue in front of Healy Hall from iStock/aimintang)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
Liberal arts universities face the twin crises of an enrollment decline and a perception of irrelevancy. They should abandon any squeamishness about using better marketing techniques.
A sign of employment gains in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
Donald Trump came close to re-election because so many workers are better off, writes Joseph J. Dunn. Pursuing “justice” at the expense of economic growth would be a bad bet for the Democrats.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
While cautioning against blind reliance on “unseen forces and the invisible hand of the market,” Pope Francis sees the creative work of business as fundamental to building a just society.
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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
A federal court recently ruled that access to a “foundational level of literacy” is a basic right. That could spur new reforms to public education, as well as new school-choice options.
Milagrose Sarmiento works the drive-through window at a McDonald’s restaurant in Sitka, Alaska, on April 24. Low-paid workers such as restaurant employees are proving their value during the coronavirus pandemic. (James Poulson/The Daily Sitka Sentinel via AP)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
The coronavirus is drawing attention to the essential roles of many low-paid workers, writes Joseph J. Dunn, and Washington is treating them better than it did in the stimulus laws passed during the last recession.
Bill and Melinda Gates in June 2009. Mr. Gates, the co-founder of Microsoft, is the world’s second richest person and a major source of philanthropic funding. (Kjetil Ree/Creative Commons)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
Wealthy philanthropists are not enemies of democracy, writes Joseph J. Dunn. They can identify and respond to problems long before government can act.
An Amazon warehouse in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
The collapse of a tax incentive deal to bring Amazon jobs to New York was nothing to celebrate, writes Joseph J. Dunn. A “we don’t negotiate” policy is foolish for communities that need jobs.
Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. (iStock/aimintang)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joseph J. Dunn
The confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh and the video of Covington Catholic High School students have launched many discussions about privilege. But private schools in the U.S. have long furthered the cause of democracy.
Politics & SocietyIn All Things
Joseph J. Dunn
That comment about “clinging to their guns and Bibles”—maybe that was the beginning.
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Joseph J. Dunn
"The first lesson of the science lab is humility, a prerequisite to wisdom."