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Prosperity

johan | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson; Source images: Wikimedia. Johan Norberg; Remo Neuhaus

Capitalism

Does Capitalism Really Make Us Lonely?

What both the left and the right don't understand

Johan Norberg | 9.21.2023 6:00 AM

Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders holds up a copy of the Youth Hiring Act after signing it into law. | Illustration: Lex Villena; ABC 40/29 News (YouTube)

State Governments

Critics Lose Their Mind as Arkansas Makes It a Bit Easier for Teens To Work

Youth employment is a recognized path to greater prosperity.

J.D. Tuccille | 3.15.2023 7:00 AM

John Stossel dressed in a Pilgrim costume stands next to a sign that says "Happy Starvation Day" | Stossel TV

Capitalism

The Pilgrims Dreamed of Socialism. Then Socialism Almost Killed Them.

Private property was the solution to their failed experiment. But people keep repeating the Pilgrims' mistakes.

John Stossel | 11.23.2022 12:30 AM

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Earth day

Earth Day Turns 50

Half a century later, a look back at the forecasters who got the future wrong—and one who got it right

Ronald Bailey | 4.22.2020 6:00 AM

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Tyler Cowen

Tyler Cowen's Gospel of Prosperity

The George Mason University economist and Marginal Revolution founder explains why a richer world is a better world.

Nick Gillespie | 2.11.2019 6:00 AM

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Roman Catholic

Skeptical of the 'Common Good'? Don't Be!

Libertarians think freedom creates the conditions that lead to human flourishing. The Catholic Church has a name for that.

Stephanie Slade | 8.18.2018 8:30 AM

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Donald Trump

Donald Trump, Lying, and Eroding Social Trust

Are presidential lies pushing us toward a low-trust society?

Ronald Bailey | 12.15.2017 5:05 PM

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Economic Growth

The Most Important Graph in the World

There has been a massive increase in wealth throughout the world in the last two centuries.

Marian Tupy | 12.13.2016 7:00 AM

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Prosperity

Americans Forget How Good They Have It

Less than 3 in 10 Americans believe the country's headed in the right direction

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.29.2016 12:00 PM

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Prosperity

The Cult of Victims

Attaching attention and moral status to "victimhood" is changing the character of the nation.

John Stossel | 9.30.2015 12:01 AM

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Prosperity

Free and Fair

Economic freedom

Ronald Bailey | 5.1.2015 12:01 AM

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Policy

Regulating Our Way to Prosperity

According to government math, issuing new rules is the same as minting money.

Roger Meiners | 3.18.2014 4:30 PM

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Economics

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

Marian Tupy | 10.30.2013 7:00 AM

Politics

Betting on Humanity's Future

Cornucopians versus collapsists

Ronald Bailey | 9.13.2013 1:30 PM

Julian Simon

Ronald Bailey Picks Sides in the Wager Between the Cornucopians and the Collapsists

Reason Staff | 9.13.2013 1:30 PM

Politics

Federal Regulations Have Made You 75 Percent Poorer

U.S. GDP is just $16 trillion instead of $54 trillion

Ronald Bailey | 6.21.2013 1:30 PM

Politics

27 Percent Say Government Investments Made America Great

Emily Ekins | 4.24.2012 1:27 PM

Politics

27 Percent Say Government Investments Made America Great

Origins of American Prosperity: The Varied Viewpoints

Emily Ekins | 4.24.2012 1:24 PM

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