Countries With Economic Freedom Are Far Better Off
Even the poorest citizens of free countries fare better than the middle classes in economically repressive nations.
Life expectancy
Guns, Germs, and Drugs Are Largely Responsible for the Decline in U.S. Life Expectancy
The Washington Post hectors Congress to make U.S. life expectancy a "political priority."
Despite the Doomsday Narrative, Global Inequality Has Significantly Declined
This progress has been widely shared, to the great benefit of the people at the bottom of the distribution.
The High Costs of Biden's Price-Controlled Drugs
Americans will be sicker and deader in the long run than they otherwise would have been.
The End of Obesity?
The advent of effective new weight loss drugs offers hope for millions of overweight people.
Why Pandemic Promiscuity Is Out—And 'Slow Love' Is In
Sex expert Helen Fisher says that careers and COVID have made singles less promiscuous and more serious about relationships.
Author Steven Johnson on the Good News of the Century
Innovations in epidemiological statistics, artificial fertilizer, toilets, sanitation systems, and vaccines have allowed billions of people to flourish until old age.
We Can't Cheat Aging and Death, Claims New Study
We'll see about that, say anti-aging researchers.
U.S. Life Expectancy Increases for the First Time in 4 Years
Thanks to the first fall in drug overdose deaths since 1990, plus a continuing decline in cancer deaths
Death Rate of Middle-Aged Americans Rises for Third Year
U.S. life expectancy peaked in 2014.
Stossel: Life Is Better Than Ever
Don't believe news reports—we're healthier, richer, and safer than ever before.
Global Poverty Decline Denialism
An anti-market ideologue tortures the data at The Guardian.
Steven Pinker Wants Enlightenment Now!
Pope Francis is part of the problem, nuclear energy is part of the solution, and libertarians need to admit that not every regulation will turn us into Venezuela.
Grim News: U.S. Life Expectancy Falls for a Second Straight Year
Largely due to increases in opioid overdose deaths
Americans' Lifespans High Without Single-Payer or Nanny State Health Interventions
Lack of single payer hasn't seemed to hinder superior progress made in terms of life expectancy gains in the U.S. since UN records start in 1960.
President Trump: Pharmaceutical Price Controls Are a Bad Idea
Americans would save some money now, but at the long-run cost of sicker and shorter lives
Death Rate for Young White Americans Is Rising Instead of Falling
An estimated 111,000 excess premature deaths occurred in white individuals between 1999 and 2014
Cancer Death Rate Continues to Fall: Incidence Declines for Men and Remains Steady for Women
Good news: Cancer mortality rate has dropped from its peak of 215.1 (per 100,000 population) in 1991 to 166.4 in 2012.
U.S. Life Expectancy Falls for First Time Since 1993
Male life expectancy dropped 0.2 of a year; female life expectancy was 0.1 of a year lower.
Time to Declare Aging a Disease and Get On with Curing It: New at Reason
Who wants to live to be a 100? Someone who is 99 years old. Especially if he feels like a 25 year-old.
Want to Live Longer? Then Go to College
New study by Brookings Institution scholars reports the mortality reduction benefits of higher education.
Ten Reasons to Look Foward to the Future: A Review of Progress by Johan Norberg
There's never been a better time to be alive
There's Never Been A Better Time to Be Alive
Ronald Bailey reviews Johan Norberg's new book celebrating Progress
How Much Better Off Is the World Since You Were Born?
Go find out at "Your Life In Numbers" over at the Human Progress program at the Cato Institute
American Pessimism: Only 6 Percent Think the World Is Getting Better
Over the past century, the prospects and circumstances of most of humanity have spectacularly improved
Americans Are Living Healthier Longer
Nearly 2 years more of disability-free life expectancy
Cuba's Literacy Rate, Life Expectancy Nothing to Lionize
Dictatorships may value literacy as much as democracies, but they value life a lot less.
The Dying of the Poor White Americans
The gap in life expectancy between the top and bottom 1 percent of income for American men is nearly 15 years. For women, it's 10 years.
The Rich Are Living Longer: A Lot Longer Than the Poor
Rich men average 12 years longer; rich women average 10 years more.
Death Rate for Middle Aged U.S. Whites Anomalously Rising
Drugs, suicide, and liver disease responsible for 500,000 extra deaths since 1999.
U.S. Death Rate Decline Has Slowed
And still the ultimate death rate remains frustratingly stuck at 100 percent.
Half the Number of Kids Die Before Age Five Now Than Did In 1990
Global life expectancy up more than six years too.
Next Generation Will Live to Be 100
"The first person to live to 1,000 might be 60 already," asserts anti-aging researcher Aubrey de Grey
Human Progress: Not Inevitable, Uneven, and Indisputable
We haven't achieved utopia, but a new website documents the enormous progress humanity has made, especially over the last two centuries
