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Human Progress

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Christmas

Crashing Through the Snow: The Grim Sarcasm Behind 'Jingle Bells'

Thanks to technological progress, cars are much safer than one-horse open sleighs.

Chelsea Follett | 12.23.2021 7:00 AM

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Star Wars

Hope Must Conquer Fear in Politics

Princess Leia shows us why hope is crucial for a liberty-oriented way of life.

Stephen Kent | 11.4.2021 3:00 PM

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Human Progress

The Doubling of Life Expectancy Is the Greatest Achievement in 100 Years

Science writer Steven Johnson, author of the new book Extra Life, on vaccines, medical breakthroughs, and life after Covid.

Nick Gillespie | 6.10.2021 10:45 AM

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History

Welcome to the New World Civilization

Even as specific states or regions rise and fade in prominence, their inhabitants continue to enjoy the benefits of their civilization's cumulative experience and knowledge.

Virginia Postrel | 10.14.2020 6:00 AM

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Environmentalism

The World Is Doing Better Than Ever. Here's Why You Never Hear About It.

Ten Global Trends Every Smart Person Should Know documents progress and explains why it happens.

Nick Gillespie and Ronald Bailey | 9.14.2020 11:20 AM

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History

COVID-19 and the Collapse of Complex Societies

Stephen Davies | 6.2.2020 6:00 AM

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Human Progress

Impending Defeat for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Pestilence, war, famine, and death are all on the decline.

Ronald Bailey | 8.3.2019 6:00 AM

Paul Ehrlich is never right

Human Progress

Earth Is Nearly 520 Percent More Abundant Now Than in 1980

Thanks to the ultimate resource: the human mind

Ronald Bailey | 5.31.2019 12:17 PM

True prophet of abundance

Julian Simon

Simon Abundance Index Launch on Monday at the Cato Institute

Mark the 49th anniversary of Earth Day by celebrating human ingenuity.

Ronald Bailey | 4.19.2019 4:20 PM

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Resources Are Almost 5 Times as Abundant as They Were in 1980

New Simon Abundance Index elegantly refutes primitive zero-sum intuitions with respect to population and resource availability trends.

Ronald Bailey | 12.4.2018 12:40 PM

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Hit & Run

Happy 20th Birthday to Viagra, the Accidental Boner Pill That Changed America

Bob Dole's magical pill changed the way Americans think about sickness and treatment.

Mike Riggs | 3.27.2018 4:45 PM

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Hit & Run

Civilization Is Doomed, Says Stanford Biologist Paul Ehrlich (Again)

Half a century after The Population Bomb, Ehrlich still thinks global catastrophe is just around the corner.

Ronald Bailey | 3.22.2018 3:25 PM

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40 Ways the World Is Getting Better

The shape of human progress.

Marian Tupy | 7.18.2017 7:00 AM

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The Prospects for Progress in Africa

Nigeria will have a higher population than the U.S. by mid-century, when one in four people on Earth will live in Africa.

Marian Tupy | 5.9.2017 7:00 AM

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Human Conditions Improving at a Remarkable Speed

Over the last decade, GDP per person and life expectancy are up around the world while infant mortality and undernourished rates are down.

Marian Tupy | 3.28.2017 7:30 AM

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Are Freer Countries Just Better?

The public thinks so, and with freer countries having higher incomes, longer lifespans and lower rates of infant mortality, why wouldn't they?

Marian Tupy | 3.14.2017 7:00 AM

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How Much Do You Really Know About the State of the World?

Take Hans Rosling's Test Your World Knowledge quiz and find out

Ronald Bailey | 12.21.2016 1:00 PM

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