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How Pessimism Puts Progress at Risk
by Peter Goettler
It was not in his celebrated oath but rather in Of the Epidemics that Hippocrates wrote: “As to diseases, make a habit of two things—to help, or at least to do no harm.”
That principle reflects a basic truth of me...
Doomslayer: Progress Roundup
Economics & Development
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According to new data from the Census Bureau, US inflation-adjusted median household income reached a record high of $87,460 in 2025, surpassing the previous record of $85,320, set in 2019.
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You may see s...
Solving the Conundrum of Status Competition
The Democratic Socialists of America are having a moment. The group’s membership passed 120,000 members in July, overtaking the Eugene Debs-era Socialist Party of the early 20th century as the largest socialist organization in American hist...
Doomslayer: Progress Roundup
Economics & Development
- Higher education is growing rapidly in India. According to the country’s Ministry of Education, India’s higher-education gross enrollment ratio—the total number of enrolled students divided by the college-age...
Growth vs. Redistribution in the Fight Against Poverty
The United States has spent decades trying to reduce poverty through an expanding social safety net. But how much of the country’s progress against poverty is thanks to that redistribution, and how much has come from economic growth?
In a...
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Marian L. Tupy is the editor of HumanProgress.org and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty.
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Geostrategist, economist and author. I write about geopolitics, technology and the ideas that distort public judgement – incl. our tendency to exaggerate danger, underestimate adaptation and discover opportunity late. Working on The Consensus Trap.
PhD economist, writer, author of the pro-open borders libertarian political manifesto *Principles of a Free Society,* Christian apologist
I write about human potential and how we can build an amazing future.
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