Dr. Doug Cardell

An Eclectic Economist Explains Evidentiary Economics

Clear Thinking in a Complicated World

“Ideology asks for acceptance—Intelligence asks for evidence.”
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Economic Ecosystems

Nature Ain't Simple

Nature's Lessons

Ecology and Economy

Grievance Culture

The Economics of Envy

The Myth Makers

Ambiguity Aversion

Inequality Is Not Unjust

Capitalist Conundrum

Utopia? Reprise

Jevons' Paradox

Sneak Preview #9

Morality of Capitalism

Sneak Preview #8

Capitalism Explained

Sneak Preview #7

A Venezuela Vision

Sneak Preview #6

Collectivism?

Sneak Preview #5

A Landscape Paradox

Sneak Preview #4

NarcisSocialism #3

Sneak Preview #3

Mamdani Madness

Sneak Preview #2

Imagine No Capitalism

NarcisSocialism #2

Sneak Preview #1

Creeping Socialism?

NarcisSocialism #1

Maximize Your Value

Triple Your Income?

How to Create Value

Values Create Value

Do You Create Value?

Amazon Delivers

The Laffer Curve

Social Security Fix

A Story about Spending

The New Natural Law

Economic Outlook 2025

Can Feet Vote?

BIG Numbers

The Wrong Ruler

Butterfly Economics

Are You an Economy?

Worldwide Wealth

Undoing Inflation

Electionomics

Education Emergency

Election Economics

Meritocracy Matters

How Is It Possible?

Building Wealth

July 4th Worldwide

American Capitalism

And the winner is…

Utopia?

Stagflation

Sense of Purpose

Inflation & Stocks

The Dangers of Debt

Fixing Capitalism

Shrinkflation?

Employment Truth

Achievement Economy

Anti-Social Policy?

Does Amazon Deliver

The Socialist Religion

Defeating Poverty

Economic Myths #3

Economic Myths #2

Economic Myths #1

Who's a Capitalist?

More Pie Please

The Bubble Tax

Colonial-Socialism?

Income Inequality

Is Greed Good?

Racism & Economics

Death by Diet

Crony Capitalism?

No More Do-overs!

Model Behavior

Climate Change Cure

Then & Now Part 3

Then & Now Part 2

Then & Now Part 1

Democratic Socialism?

Capitalism Attacked

Debt Limit

Economic Error

Tax Hikes

Spontaneous Order?

Value and Worth

Evidentiary Econ

Taxing Corporations

Gov't Codependency

Causes of Inflation

What Is Capitalism

What Is It Worth?

CRT Explained

What Is Economics?

Economic Systems

Work Adding Value