Economic Lessons from the Screwtape Letters

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This is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. Last week in San Francisco, I saw Nick Cave in concert. We stopped in the Green Apple Books before the show, mostly because I have a habit of treating bookstores like oracles. I’ve been trying to find something that speaks to me, something that makes sense of the bleakness and blandness, the constant hum of fear and uncertainty that understandably seems to be everywhere right now. A big part of my job is reading, over the past few months, everyone has converging on the same emotion: fear. Articles about the Music King and Cartoon Network and John Deere - peel back the words, and they all say the same thing: things are bad. things are scary. things are spiraling. They’re not wrong! Every time we seem to recalibrate toward less uncertainty, there’s another ReTruth or policy proposal. There is increased talk of suspending habeas corpus and imprisoning human beings who nev

Economic Lessons from the Screwtape Letters Rejection, Convenience, and the Budget Deficit kyla scanlon May 21, 2025 900 93 216 Share The Screwtape Letters and time is a circle This is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a paid subscriber. Subscribe Last week in San Francisco, I saw Nick Cave in concert. We stopped in the Green Apple Books before the show, mostly because I have a habit of treating bookstores like oracles. I’ve been trying to find something that speaks to me, something that makes sense of the bleakness and blandness, the c

Economic Lessons from the Screwtape Letters

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