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The Death of a Salesman: Donald Trump and the Persuasion Paradox
Donald Trump’s reputation as a salesman conceals a secret: he's terrible at the art of persuasion....
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John Paul Rollert
John Paul Rollert teaches classes in leadership, ethics, and politics at Harvard and The University of Chicago. His work has been featured in Harper’s, The Atlantic, the New Republic, the Paris Review, and The New York Times. He also writes the “In-House Ethicist,” a featured column for the Chicago Booth Review.
Articles
The Moral Improbability of the Trump Campaign
John Paul Rollert considers what Trump’s unpoetic campaign bodes for his term in office....
Paul Ryan and the “Moral Case” for Capitalism
Paul Ryan has had to disavow Ayn Rand repeatedly, unreservedly, and, above all else, entirely....
The Invisible Heart: Adam Smith Reconsidered
FRETTING, PERHAPS, for the fate of his own work, Jorge Luis Borges described the tendency of time to denude and adulterate a careful architecture of ideas. “There is no intellectual exercise that is not ultimately pointless,” he said. “A philosophical doctrine ...
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