Past Imperfect
Chelsea Olivia FollettShattering rose-colored views of the past.
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On September 3rd, I’m moderating a forum on childcare policy at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC. The forum will feature Alex J. Adams, assistant secretary for family support at the US Department of Health and Human Services, and econom...
$12,680 Sandwich Illustrates How Exchange Raises Living Standards
What would life be like without exchange or trade? Back in 2015, a man decided to make a sandwich from scratch. He grew the vegetables, gathered salt from seawater, milked a cow, turned the milk into cheese, pickled a cucumber in a jar, gro...
Air Conditioning Is Not a Luxury, It Is a Necessity
A brutal heat wave in Europe has caused a surge in deaths across the continent as temperatures topped 100 degrees in recent weeks. In France, authorities reported at least 2,000 additional deaths in a single week. Germany has reported more...
Air Conditioning Could Save Lives in Europe
Below are two brief excerpts from my recent opinion piece in The Washington Post.
Europe’s prejudice against air conditioning has a large human cost:
Air conditioning is one of modern civilization’s most important yet underappreciated i...
Evolving Markets Drove the Remote Work Revolution
Back in 2020, I noted, “The dramatic rise in telework amid the pandemic is a radical experiment, but its effects will be long-lasting.” I was right. Rates of full-time, in-office work plummeted during the pandemic, and while many employers...
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Human Progress, Research Fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, author of the books Centers of Progress and The Grim Old Days.
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