About Project 1602

Civic education for the next generation

I’m Anthony Morales, I study Economics and History at Providence College.

I created Project 1602 because most people my age don’t understand how our government and economic system works. Or why healthcare costs what it does, or who writes the rules that shape our lives.

We deserve to know these things, not through partisan noise, but through rigorous thinking grounded in classical philosophy and empirical data.

This platform teaches the ideas that built America, how major systems actually work, and how to analyze policy with clarity. Project 1602 refers to the founding of the Dutch East India Company, the birth of Modern capitalism. A reminder that ideas endure.

“The great purpose of education is not knowledge but action.” -Adam Smith