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ExclusiveThe Uyghur Genocide and Neo-MalthusianismJuly 22, 2020
NewsSudan Will Scrap Alcohol and Apostasy Laws and End FloggingJuly 21, 2020
ExclusiveCenters of Progress, Pt. 7: Athens (Philosophy)July 16, 2020
NewsJonah Goldberg: Liberalism Has Not FailedJuly 16, 2020
ExclusiveHeroes of Progress, Pt. 48: Frederick DouglassJuly 07, 2020
ExclusiveCenters of Progress, Pt. 5: Ur (Law)June 18, 2020
ExclusiveIs This Goodbye for Hong Kong?June 09, 2020
ExclusiveHeroes of Progress, Pt. 44: James MadisonMay 15, 2020
NewsFemale Genital Mutilation Is Outlawed in SudanMay 01, 2020
ExclusiveHeroes of Progress, Pt. 41: John Stuart MillApril 02, 2020
VideoNorberg: Did Fukuyama Falsely Predict the End of History?March 25, 2020
ExclusiveCoronavirus and Human ProgressMarch 22, 2020
ExclusiveHeroes of Progress, Pt. 40: Jeremy BenthamMarch 19, 2020
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ExclusiveRising U.S. Life Expectancy Reflected in 2020 CandidatesMarch 04, 2020.jpg)
ExclusiveThoughts on So-Called "Progress" in CubaFebruary 25, 2020
QuizHow Well Do You Know Worldwide Democracy Trends?February 24, 2020
ExclusiveHeroes of Progress, Pt. 38: Cesare BeccariaFebruary 20, 2020
ExclusiveMonnery: Human Progress in Cuba and Hong Kong, Pt. 3February 12, 2020
ExclusiveMonnery: Human Progress in Cuba and Hong Kong, Pt. 2February 11, 2020
ExclusiveMonnery: Human Progress in Cuba and Hong Kong, Pt. 1February 10, 2020
VideoMunk Debate on Progress with Matt Ridley and Steven PinkerJanuary 28, 2020
VideoNorberg: Consequences of the Berlin WallJanuary 22, 2020
VideoNorberg: Do Internet Blackouts Save Lives?January 08, 2020
NewsA Decade of Prosperity: Role of Markets and Free TradeJanuary 02, 2020
ExclusiveAnti-Capitalism: Trendy but WrongNovember 12, 2019
ExclusiveHow Many Lives Are Lost Due to the Precautionary Principle?November 04, 2019
ExclusiveHeroes of Progress, Pt. 27: Kate SheppardSeptember 22, 2019
ExclusiveAn Old-Fashioned Recipe for Economic GrowthAugust 16, 2019
ExclusivePutin's Claim That Liberalism Is "Obsolete" Is WrongJuly 05, 2019
ExclusiveChina Ended Its One-Child Policy, but Abuses RemainJuly 03, 2019
ExclusiveFive Reasons Capitalist Chile is Better than Socialist VenezuelaMay 16, 2019
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CuriositiesDo You Think That Politics is Bad Today? Think Again...February 22, 2019
CuriositiesHow Drunk Were the Founding Fathers?February 13, 2019
ExclusiveIs Moral Progress Real or Just a Myth?January 18, 2019
ExclusiveHeroes of Progress, Pt. 9: Richard CobdenJanuary 12, 2019.jpg)
ExclusiveCapital Punishment Has Declined DramaticallyJanuary 04, 2019
ExclusiveFree Thoughts Podcast with Marian L. TupyDecember 31, 2018
ExclusiveHeroes of Progress, Pt. 8: William WilberforceDecember 28, 2018
NewsThe Milestones of Human Progress in 2018December 27, 2018
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ExclusiveProgress on Gay Rights Is Real, but Far from UniformDecember 20, 2018
ExclusiveThe Jagged Arc of Human ProgressDecember 14, 2018
NewsAll of Human History Summarized in One Single ChartNovember 08, 2018
VideoNorberg: Is Democracy Dead or Dying? Neither!October 18, 2018
ExclusiveThe Compelling Case for Greater Economic FreedomSeptember 25, 2018
VisualizationPercent of Parliamentary Seats Held by Women Has Doubled Since 1997August 21, 2018
ExclusiveUtopianism: One of the Biggest Obstacles to ProgressAugust 15, 2018
ExclusiveThe Reports of the Death of Democracy Are ExaggeratedJuly 05, 2018
VideoIntroducing the New and Improved HumanProgress.orgMarch 28, 2018
VisualizationExplore Data on Democracy and Autocracy Over TimeMarch 04, 2018
ExclusiveZimbabwean Hero Represents Hope for Better African LeadershipFebruary 16, 2018
ExclusiveWhat Are the Exceptions to Human Progress?February 02, 2018
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NewsMeet the Woman Who Helps Women Escape the CutJanuary 16, 2018- Life in numbersThis Venezuelan human rights activist uses her Life in Numbers results to point out that the pace of progress depends on ideas, policies and institutions.January 14, 2018
ExclusiveHow Markets Brought Refrigeration to the MassesJanuary 10, 2018
NewsThe Year 2017 Was Great for HumanityJanuary 03, 2018
NewsThe Woman Who Changed the Face of Women's Rights in IndiaJanuary 03, 2018
NewsFive Big Wins for LGBT Equality in 2017December 28, 2017
ExclusiveThe World's Getting Better All the TimeDecember 20, 2017
NewsLGBT Rights Milestones for Quick ReferenceDecember 19, 2017
NewsShare of Population Who Live in Free Countries Has RisenDecember 10, 2017
NewsMore Countries Have Legalized Same-Sex MarriageDecember 07, 2017
NewsAustria Recognizes Same-Sex MarriageDecember 06, 2017
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VideoJohn Stossel: Private Property and Your Happy Thanksgiving!November 22, 2017.jpeg)
VideoNorberg: Unintended Consequences of Mobile PhonesNovember 15, 2017
ExclusivePost-Brexit Britain Must Turn Its Back on ProtectionismNovember 07, 2017
VideoNorberg: How to Create MonopoliesNovember 02, 2017
NewsNine of the Most Influential Women in the WorldNovember 01, 2017
NewsWhy the Idea that the World Is in Terminal Decline Is So DangerousNovember 01, 2017
ExclusiveHow Economic Prosperity Spared WitchesOctober 31, 2017
NewsSaudi Women to Be Allowed Into Sports Stadiums for First TimeOctober 30, 2017
VideoSteven Pinker: Pessimism in a World of Increasing AbundanceOctober 27, 2017
ExclusiveImproving Rule of Law in Central EuropeOctober 20, 2017
NewsAn Overview of Nuclear Arms Control AgreementsOctober 03, 2017
ExclusiveGreatest Agent of Progress According to Theresa MaySeptember 29, 2017
ExclusiveGood News! The World Is Getting Freer, FasterSeptember 28, 2017
ExclusiveThe United States Should Heed the Lessons of 1917September 15, 2017
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VideoNorberg: How Should We Help Refugees?August 23, 2017
ExclusiveData Give Hope After Charlottesville ViolenceAugust 21, 2017
ExclusiveThe Man Behind the Hong Kong MiracleAugust 18, 2017
VideoDeirdre McCloskey: a Brief History Economic GrowthJuly 28, 2017
VideoNorberg: Protectionism Kills JobsJuly 26, 2017
VisualizationThe Cost of Enforcing Contracts Has DecreasedJuly 25, 2017
VideoNorberg: Is Picking Winners or Losers a Good Idea?July 15, 2017
ExclusiveIt's Time to Rethink Foreign Aid InitiativesJuly 14, 2017
ExclusiveThe Questionable Economics of Foreign AidJuly 07, 2017
VisualizationExplore Global Regulatory Quality DataJuly 06, 2017
NewsSyria's Displaced Begin to Return Back HomeJune 30, 2017
ExclusiveWhat the Rest of the World Can Learn from Hong KongJune 30, 2017
NewsPublic Opinion is Changing on Same-Sex MarriagesJune 26, 2017
VideoNorberg: What Created Development?June 09, 2017
ExclusiveFewer People Exposed to Horrors of WarMay 30, 2017
VisualizationThere Have Never Been More Applications for PatentsMay 25, 2017
ExclusiveOnly the Rule of Law Can Break the Poverty CycleMay 25, 2017
ExclusiveWhat Does it Mean to Be Poor Today?April 20, 2017
ExclusiveData as History: Charting the Last 2000 Years of ProgressApril 11, 2017
VideoNorberg: Is Subsidizing Our Importers a Good Idea?April 03, 2017
VideoNorberg: Do Minimum Wages Mean Minimum Jobs?March 31, 2017
VideoDeirdre McCloskey: How Commerce Protects UsMarch 24, 2017
VideoCapitalism and Neoliberalism Have Made the World BetterMarch 15, 2017
VisualizationTrade Barriers Have Fallen over TimeMarch 12, 2017
VideoHuman Progress Inauguration: Ron Bailey, Robert SamuelsonMarch 11, 2017
VisualizationU.S. Executions Have Fallen over TimeMarch 10, 2017
ExclusiveWhile Africa Starves, Its Leaders Change the SubjectMarch 10, 2017
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ExclusiveHunger in Retreat, but Not in Socialist VenezuelaFebruary 23, 2017
ExclusiveNuclear Apocalypse Likely Farther than Doomsday Clock ClaimsFebruary 14, 2017
ExclusiveCould Britain Become the New Singapore?February 10, 2017
VisualizationFreedom of the Press Grew on Average GloballyFebruary 09, 2017
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ExclusiveThe Secret Lives of North Korean ChildrenDecember 16, 2016
Exclusive1,700 New American Millionaires Every DayDecember 09, 2016
ExclusiveGlobalization and Poverty's Unprecedented DeclineNovember 22, 2016
ExclusiveHuman Freedom Is Up, But Government Quality Is DownNovember 01, 2016
ExclusiveAttitudes on FGM Are Shifting in the Right DirectionOctober 25, 2016
ExclusiveBad Economic Policies Kill More Children than WarOctober 18, 2016
- Life in numbersWall Street Journal's Mary Anastasia O'Grady Tweets Your Life in Numbers She says if politics has got you down, this will cheer you up.October 18, 2016
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ExclusiveHow Globalization Is Saving the WorldOctober 07, 2016
ExclusiveHappy Fiftieth Birthday, Republic of Botswana!October 04, 2016
VideoSocialism and Human Nature (Leda Cosmides)September 23, 2016
VisualizationDemocracies Are Winning the Battle with AutocraciesSeptember 22, 2016
VideoSocialism and Human Nature (John Tooby)September 19, 2016
ExclusiveA Beginner's Guide to Central PlanningSeptember 16, 2016
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ExclusiveSadly, Trade and Commerce Have Always Been VilifiedSeptember 02, 2016
ExclusiveConsider This Brief Look at Mugabe's LegacyAugust 24, 2016
VideoJohn Stossel Reflects on the "Good New Days"August 21, 2016
ExclusiveHow Can the United States Help Africa?August 05, 2016
ExclusiveRapid Shift Away from Central Planning Works BetterJuly 19, 2016.jpg)
ExclusiveEx-Soviet States Saw Better Results with Rapid ReformsJuly 15, 2016
News25 Years of Reforms in Ex-Communist CountriesJuly 12, 2016
NewsDrones Make Personal Aircraft a Plausible ScenarioJune 25, 2016
ExclusiveU.S. Race Relations Are Getting BetterJune 13, 2016
ExclusiveRecognizing a Safer World After Memorial DayJune 01, 2016
ExclusiveCentral Planning and Human Self-DelusionMay 27, 2016
VisualizationEconomic Freedom in Africa Has Been IncreasingMay 25, 2016
ExclusiveThose Born in U.S. Today Are "Luckiest Crop in History"May 25, 2016
VisualizationCompare Political Rights in Different CountriesMay 10, 2016
VideoMarian L. Tupy Discusses Chile and Venezuela on StosselApril 22, 2016
ExclusiveLiberia Turns to Private Sector for Primary EducationApril 13, 2016
ExclusiveTen Reasons to Defect from North KoreaApril 12, 2016
ExclusiveCentral Planning and Hunger: a Quick ReminderMarch 23, 2016
NewsDeclining Global Poverty Might Help Decrease ViolenceMarch 20, 2016
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ExclusiveCell Phones Reveal Failures of State-Run TelecommunicationsMarch 03, 2016
ExclusiveGlobal Warming Fund a Slush Fund for World's DictatorsFebruary 16, 2016
VideoPessimism in a World of Increasing AbundanceFebruary 14, 2016
ExclusiveIn Africa, Institutions Matter More than InfrastructureFebruary 10, 2016
ExclusiveThe Decline of Poverty and Its CausesFebruary 08, 2016
VideoMarian L. Tupy Discusses HumanProgress.org on StosselFebruary 04, 2016
ExclusivePolitical Freedom on the Rise Globally Despite NaysayersJanuary 26, 2016
ExclusiveAppreciating an Abundance of ChoicesJanuary 22, 2016
ExclusiveIncome Mobility, Regulations and Personal ChoicesJanuary 14, 2016
ExclusivePower of Bad Ideas: Why We Keep Choosing Failed PoliciesJanuary 07, 2016
ExclusiveThe Middle Class Fared Better than You ThinkJanuary 04, 2016
NewsChristian Groups More Accepting of HomosexualityDecember 18, 2015
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ExclusiveSingapore: the Power of Economic FreedomNovember 25, 2015
ExclusiveLiving Standards Rising in Ex-Communist CountriesNovember 24, 2015
NewsPublic Opinion Underestimates the Benefits of Free MarketsNovember 11, 2015
VideoThe Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence DeclinedNovember 05, 2015
ExclusiveThe Saddest Thing About China's One-Child PolicyNovember 04, 2015
ExclusiveChina Ends One-Child Policy and Suffering for MillionsOctober 29, 2015
AnnouncementLearn More About Our Board Member, Ian VasquezOctober 25, 2015
VideoThe Inauguration of Human Progress: Robert ZoellickOctober 23, 2015
ExclusiveWhat the Washington Post Gets Wrong About Free MarketsOctober 22, 2015
VideoWhy Be Optimistic about the State of the World?October 21, 2015
ExclusiveDenmark is More Free-Market than You Might ThinkOctober 16, 2015
NewsMilitary Conscription as a Violation of Economic FreedomOctober 03, 2015
ExclusiveFree Enterprise Does Not Increase PovertyOctober 02, 2015
ExclusivePrivate Philanthropy Promotes Human WellbeingSeptember 28, 2015
NewsSupreme Court Rules Same-Sex Marriage Legal NationwideJune 26, 2015
NewsThe Global Divide and Acceptance of HomosexualityJune 04, 2015
NewsThe Case to End Military ConscriptionFebruary 08, 2015