The Capital Letter

Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) The week of March 28: the ESG swamp, tax, inflation, social mobility, the pandemic, and much, much more. It’s probably time for me to write…

(Mark Makela/Reuters) The week of January 31: Starbucks, inflation, China, and more. I was wondering what to write about this week when a politician spilled (metaphorically speaking) a cup of coffee all over my screen. As so…

(Ryan McVay/The Image Bank/Getty Images) The week of January 24: the purpose of a corporation, 'social purpose' capitalism, Ukraine, energy policy, and more. The rise of stakeholder capitalism has focused attention on the question of…

(Cemile Bingol/Getty Images) The week of October 25: chaos, energy, inflation, taxation, stagflation, and much, much more (little of it good). Omnishambles is a neologism first used in the BBC political satire The Thick of Itin 2009.…

President Joe Biden speaks about his $2 trillion infrastructure plan during an event to tout the plan at Carpenters Pittsburgh Training Center in Pittsburgh, Penn., March 31, 2021. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters) The week of June 28, 2021:…

(kieferpix/Getty Images) The week of June 14: stakeholder capitalism and fascism, tax leaks, antitrust, and much, much, more. The leftist objectives of “woke capitalism,” a phenomenon which is intertwined with “socially…

Logo of Exxon Mobil Corporation on a monitor above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (File photo/Reuters) The week of May 24: climate change and corporatism, inventing an economic crisis, woke capital, and more. A few days ago…

President Joe Biden speaks as he tours a Pfizer manufacturing plant producing the coronavirus vaccine in Kalamazoo, Mich., February 19, 2021. (Tom Brenner
/Reuters) The week of May 3: waiving the COVID-19 vaccines’…