“Sunset on the Humanities?” captures a live discussion at The ‪Rosenbach Museum‬, moderated by ‪The Civi Discourse‬ Host Paula Marantz Cohen (Distinguished Professor of English and former Dean of Pennoni Honors College at ‪Drexel University‬) and featuring a panel of four experts in a range of humanities-driven fields: Andrew Delbanco; Phillip Magness (author, economic historian, and The Independent Institute chair); Dana A. Williams (‪Howard University‬ professor of African American literature, Dean of the Graduate School, and President of ‪Modern Language Association‬); and Laurie Zierer (Executive Director of ‪Pennsylvania Humanities Council‬).

This conversation examines the importance of the humanities and the role of academic and cultural institutions in the future of a knowledgeable, informed, and well-rounded society.

Episode 112 of the Let People Prosper Show with Dr. Abby Hall as we discuss her fantastic book "How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite." She is an Associate Professor in Economics at the University of Tampa and received her PhD in Economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Both our presidential candidates, and their policy teams, seem to be suffering from a bad case of economic illiteracy, in somewhat different ways ... or maybe not so different. With two aspiring leaders both saying they want to make things better for middle class and lower-income Americans, it’s pretty discouraging to see them advance economic policies that would actually make everybody worse off.

In this second part of his two part interview, Dr. Atlas interviews Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute. Formerly, he was executive director and senior lecturer at Georgetown's Center for the Constitution. He's written several books, including the forthcoming Lawless: The Miseducation of America's Elites. They have a conversation about several of the most controversial issues in law and society, including the ideological invasion at our law schools, judicial activism, free speech, and more.

Independent Institute Senior Fellow and Good as Gold author Judy Shelton reacts to the recent lowered revision of jobs created. Is this the tip of the iceberg? More revisions could be coming. How can the Fed make decisions without confidence in the Fed’s models?

Dr. Atlas interviews Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow and director of constitutional studies at the Manhattan Institute. Formerly, he was executive director and senior lecturer at Georgetown's Center for the Constitution. He's written several books, including the forthcoming Lawless: The Miseducation of America's Elites. And in 2020, he wrote Supreme Disorder: Judicial Nominations and the Politics of America's Highest Court. They have a conversation about several of the most controversial issues in law and society, many of which are playing out every day in the United States.

Karl Marx died in obscurity in 1883, but decades later, he became a major figure. Economic historian Phillip Magness reveals the surprising reason behind Marx's rise to fame.

Senior Fellow Robert Whaples, editor of Is Social Justice Just? discusses the recent stock market drop and its implications. He talks about which indicators kill economic expansion. Unemployment is increasing, but why is that happening? Investors worldwide are worried, so he offers some life lessons in how to deal with volatility.