A Realistic, Positive Picture of the State of Humanity
Things are on the up.
Go find out at "Your Life In Numbers" over at the Human Progress program at the Cato Institute
That's ok, because human ingenuity and free markets satisfy increased demand.
The United States ranks 16th in the world on economic freedom index
JFK and the Reagan Revolution argues that America can return to prosperity by looking to the Kennedy-Reagan model of income tax cuts and a strong, stable dollar.
Centralized top down planning of the climate would work as well as it does for economies.
In order to appease far-left voters, she's abandoning economic literacy.
Only if you think merely tripling per capita GDP by 2100 is poverty
Definitely the Democrat or the Republican, who are locked in a 20th-century model of an expansive, all-encompassing state.
Too many rules are putting a major drag on economic growth.
Government gets in the way of healthy economic activity.
Former Soviet bloc countries that transitioned slowly now lag behind.
Energy demand projected to increase by nearly 50 percent by 2040
Imagine what will happen to flyover country under even more wage regulations.
Regulations multiply at record rates while productivity slows downs - coincidence?
Reason TV set out to cheer up Venice Beach doomsayers with evidence of positive global trends.
Legendary investor Jeremy Grantham admits he was wrong about "peak everything."
Investor Jeremy Grantham makes "an admission of a past mistake on resources."
Yet the U.S. economy grew in real terms by 15 percent since 2005.
The West's misguided attempts to curtail CO2 emissions through limits on energy use are filtering down to places where cheap energy is still a distant dream.
New study quantifies the damage to economic growth that the accumulation of regulations causes
New study finds that U.S. economy is $4 trillion smaller due to over-regulation
Predictably, historic triumph over poverty is seen as next big problem.
GDPs have continued to go up even as total hours work have gone down.
The number of startups headed by the youngs is one-third of what it was in 1989!
Hong Kong has surpassed its former colonial master in prosperity because it's had more economic freedom.
Jeb Bush's 4 percent plan deserves more attention.
U.S. Economic Freedom Falls say Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom 2016
The next U.S. president doesn't need to try to set the world right.
Fed's turned stock market into a "hall of mirrors," Jim Grant says.
Inflation-adjusted wages haven't gone up, the cost of living has for the most part gone down.
The income inequality obsession leads to whiplash.
Decline in commodities prices since the 1960s illustrates the enduring wisdom of Julian Simon
There may have been terrorism, crimes, storms, and Hillary Clinton, but 2015 was also full of good news.
How culture, economies, technology, and government evolve
Paris Climate Change Conference
First dispatch: A final universal climate accord by the end of the week?
Richer is more climate-friendly, especially for developing countries.
Rationally optimistic.
The Economics Nobel Laureate worries that crony capitalism will kill off economic growth
"We've seen a remarkable decrease over the past 20 years, and I do forecast that will continue."
New York Times columnist reveals today the "secret" that my new book documents.
Washington Post columnist Robert Samuelson makes the case.
Even President Obama's number two is finding it comfortable running in part against the president's record, although he won't say as much.