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NewsMoney Actually Can Buy Happiness, Study FindsJuly 02, 2020
ExclusiveLuck or Insight? The Simon-Ehrlich Bet Re-ExaminedJuly 02, 2020
ExclusiveThis Summer, Remember that Ice Was Once a LuxuryJune 15, 2020
VideoNorberg: The Delusion of Wage StagnationMay 14, 2020
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ExclusiveNineteenth Century Inequality Not As Bad As We ThinkFebruary 17, 2020
ExclusiveWhat Can We Expect from Africa in the 2020s?January 23, 2020
ExclusiveNorberg: The 2010s Have Been AmazingJanuary 15, 2020
ExclusiveThanksgiving Dinner Costs Less and Other Good NewsNovember 26, 2019
ExclusiveNew Study Reveals that U.S. Poverty Has PlungedNovember 04, 2019
VideoWhy the Middle Class Is Better Off Than You ThinkNovember 01, 2019
ExclusiveMiddle Class Shrinking... As Households Become RicherSeptember 19, 2019
ExclusiveAn Old-Fashioned Recipe for Economic GrowthAugust 16, 2019
ExclusivePutin's Claim That Liberalism Is "Obsolete" Is WrongJuly 05, 2019
ExclusiveAre Americans Really Worse off Than in the 1970s?June 26, 2019
VideoNorberg: Oxfam Gets It Wrong on Inequality, AgainJune 24, 2019
ExclusiveThe Simon Abundance Index 2019May 30, 2019
ExclusiveCosmetic Procedures Are Becoming More AffordableMay 21, 2019
ExclusiveFive Reasons Capitalist Chile is Better than Socialist VenezuelaMay 16, 2019
ExclusiveThe Great Miracle of IndustrializationMay 06, 2019
ExclusiveWhat the Data Say About Equal Pay DayApril 05, 2019
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ExclusiveRural Life in the past Was a Battle for SurvivalMarch 11, 2019
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VideoNorberg: Is Global Inequality Rising or Falling?February 06, 2019
QuizHow Much Do You Know About Venezuela's Economy?January 25, 2019
CuriositiesThe Rise of the Luxurious Suburban Master BathroomJanuary 24, 2019
VisualizationSingapore is a Global Leader in Income GrowthJanuary 16, 2019
ExclusiveFree Thoughts Podcast with Marian L. TupyDecember 31, 2018
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ExclusiveThe Counter-Intuitive Truth About the World's ResourcesDecember 07, 2018
NewsAll of Human History Summarized in One Single ChartNovember 08, 2018
VideoSutter-Schneider: Perspectives on Human ProgressOctober 26, 2018
VisualizationTotal Global GDP Has Increased Nine-Fold Since 1960October 25, 2018
ExclusiveGlobalization's Great Triumph: The Death of Extreme PovertyOctober 15, 2018
ExclusiveBourgeoisie of the World, Unite!October 08, 2018
NewsHalf the World Is Now Middle Class or WealthierSeptember 27, 2018
ExclusiveThe Compelling Case for Greater Economic FreedomSeptember 25, 2018
NewsWages Are Growing Faster Than You ThinkSeptember 22, 2018
ExclusiveGlobal Income Inequality Is DecliningSeptember 20, 2018
VisualizationWorldwide Average Incomes Continue to RiseSeptember 05, 2018
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NewsBy 2020, More than Half of the World Will Be Middle ClassAugust 28, 2018
ExclusiveDon't Muddy the Waters on Falling Global PovertyAugust 27, 2018
NewsStagnating Wages Don't Tell the Whole StoryAugust 13, 2018
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ExclusiveAfrica's Free Trade Area Could Lift Millions out of PovertyJuly 10, 2018
VideoNorberg: Does Pessimism Work Better than Optimism?
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ExclusiveEconomic Growth from Octavian to ObamaApril 13, 2018
NewsAmericans Are Richer than They Were in the 1970sMarch 29, 2018
VideoIntroducing the New and Improved HumanProgress.orgMarch 28, 2018
NewsIncome Inequality Is Not the Injustice We Perceive It to BeFebruary 13, 2018
ExclusiveWhat Oxfam Gets Wrong About PovertyJanuary 25, 2018
NewsU.S. Filings for Unemployment Benefits Lowest Since 1973January 19, 2018
ExclusiveWhy We Shouldn't Obsess Over Economic InequalityJanuary 10, 2018
NewsAirbnb Helps Women in India and Japan Revitalize Rural CommunitiesJanuary 08, 2018
ExclusiveThings Are Getting Better, So Why Are We All So Gloomy?January 06, 2018
NewsTrees Cover More of the Land in Richer CountriesDecember 02, 2017
ExclusiveThe World's Poorest People Are Getting Richer FasterOctober 27, 2017
VideoSteven Pinker: Pessimism in a World of Increasing AbundanceOctober 27, 2017
ExclusiveGood News! The World Is Getting Freer, FasterSeptember 28, 2017
VideoMatt Ridley: on the Evolution of ProsperitySeptember 13, 2017
NewsU.S. Middle-Class Income Hit Highest Level on Record in 2016September 12, 2017
VideoDeepak Lal: Poverty and Progress In the 20th CenturyAugust 30, 2017
ExclusiveThe Man Behind the Hong Kong MiracleAugust 18, 2017
ExclusiveU.S. Cost of Living and Wage Stagnation, 1979-2015August 12, 2017
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ExclusiveThe Improved Life of the American WorkerJuly 06, 2017
ExclusiveWhat the Rest of the World Can Learn from Hong KongJune 30, 2017
ExclusiveOnly the Rule of Law Can Break the Poverty CycleMay 25, 2017
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ExclusiveSomeone Escapes from Poverty Every SecondMay 11, 2017
ExclusiveProsperity and Income Aren't the Same ThingApril 27, 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: Famine in Africa Is Worse than Ever? Dead Wrong!April 06, 2017
VideoMatt Ridley: Is it OK to Be Optimistic?April 01, 2017
ExclusiveGlobalization Is Slashing Inequality - Here's HowMarch 30, 2017
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ExclusiveHuman Conditions Improving at a Remarkable SpeedMarch 28, 2017
ExclusiveAmerican Family Incomes Reach Record HighMarch 16, 2017
VisualizationSlum Populations Decreasing in Developing WorldMarch 08, 2017
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VideoDeirdre McCloskey: on the Ethics of Income EqualityMarch 05, 2017
VideoHans Rosling: Let my Dataset Change Your MindsetFebruary 15, 2017
ExclusiveOxfam Thinks U.S. College Grads Are World's NeediestJanuary 18, 2017
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ExclusiveThe Secret Lives of North Korean ChildrenDecember 16, 2016
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ExclusiveWe Work Less, Have More Leisure Time and Earn MoreNovember 15, 2016
VideoSocialism and Human Nature (Leda Cosmides)September 23, 2016
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ExclusiveGlobal Poverty, Enrichment and the U.S. Working ClassSeptember 07, 2016
VideoProfits Are Progressive, Says Economics ProfessorAugust 28, 2016
ExclusiveConsider This Brief Look at Mugabe's LegacyAugust 24, 2016
ExclusiveFarewell to the VHS Tape and Other Old TechnologiesAugust 03, 2016
ExclusiveInequality Is Falling Across the United StatesJuly 28, 2016
ExclusiveAfrica Is Growing Thanks to the Free MarketJuly 22, 2016
ExclusiveRapid Shift Away from Central Planning Works BetterJuly 19, 2016
News25 Years of Reforms in Ex-Communist CountriesJuly 12, 2016
VideoMatt Ridley Discusses Going Beyond the RationalJuly 05, 2016
ExclusiveMiddle Class Shrinks as High Income Households MultiplyMay 13, 2016
Exclusive2016: Year of the 1% or that Poverty Fell to a New Low?April 11, 2016
VideoAre the Rich Getting Richer and the Poor Getting Poorer?April 05, 2016
ExclusiveRising Gross Domestic Products and Declining Work HoursMarch 29, 2016
ExclusiveCentral Planning and Hunger: a Quick ReminderMarch 23, 2016
ExclusiveNo, Markets Will Not "Starve Humanity" by 2050February 17, 2016
NewsCost of Living vs. Wage Stagnation in AmericaJanuary 19, 2016
ExclusiveIncome Mobility, Regulations and Personal ChoicesJanuary 14, 2016
ExclusiveHigh Turnover Among America's RichJanuary 08, 2016
ExclusiveThe Middle Class Fared Better than You ThinkJanuary 04, 2016
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ExclusiveSingapore: the Power of Economic FreedomNovember 25, 2015
VideoFifty Years of Progress against PovertyNovember 23, 2015
ExclusiveThanksgiving Dinner Has Become Cheaper over TimeNovember 20, 2015
ExclusiveYour Kitchen Range Costs Less than in Years PastNovember 13, 2015
ExclusivePutting Income Inequality in PerspectiveNovember 10, 2015
ExclusiveThe Free Market and Grilling at a DiscountNovember 06, 2015
ExclusiveEverything Is On Sale Compared to 1979October 27, 2015
NewsPrawn Egg Sex-Change Enhances YieldsOctober 19, 2015
ExclusiveBeware of the Fixed Pie Fallacy: Everyone Can Get AheadOctober 15, 2015
NewsGlobal Poverty Falls Below 10 Percent for First TimeOctober 05, 2015
ExclusiveFree Enterprise Does Not Increase PovertyOctober 02, 2015
ExclusiveThe Most Important Thing that the New York Times Left OutOctober 01, 2015
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NewsUpward Leisure Mobility in the United StatesAugust 31, 2015
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