Economics

^{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
April 22, 2021
Discovery Institute, Economics}

Gale Pooley Discusses The Simon Abundance Index on The Human Progress Podcast

_{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
April 22, 2021
Discovery Institute, Economics}

Gale Pooley joined his colleague Marian Tupy to give an annual update on their Simon Abundance Index. Named after University of Maryland economist Julian Simon, the Simon Abundance Index measures the change in abundance of resources over a period of time. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
April 16, 2021
Economics}

How the Changes in China Constitute a Strategic Threat to the U.S. and the World

_{Scott S. Powell
April 16, 2021
Economics}

In part three of Scott Powell's Discussion with China expert Bill Perry, Powell and Perry discuss how the ascendance of Xi Jinping, and his consolidation of power--becoming a communist dictator for life in 2018—now constitute an unprecedented strategic threat to the U.S. and the World. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
April 16, 2021
Economics}

How China’s Economy and Trade Policies with the U.S. Have Changed

_{Scott S. Powell
April 16, 2021
Economics}

Part two of Discovery Senior Fellow Scott Powell's three-part discussion with China expert Bill Perry. Powell and Perry discuss how the economy of China has changed and why it’s necessary for the U.S. to have trade policies that protect our intellectual property and demand fairness and reciprocity. Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
April 16, 2021
Economics}

How the Culture and Politics of China have Fundamentally Changed

_{Scott S. Powell
April 16, 2021
Economics}

This is part one of Discovery Institute Senior Fellow's three-part discussions with China expert Bill Perry. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 26, 2021
Economics}

The Invisible Asylum

_{Christopher Rufo
March 26, 2021
Economics}

The story of American deinstitutionalization has become familiar. In a long arc—from President Kennedy’s Community Mental Health Act of 1963 to the present—federal and state governments dismantled mental asylums and released the psychiatrically disturbed into the world. Read More ›

Congressman Tom Cotton of Arkansas speaking at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.

^{Christopher Rufo
March 25, 2021
Economics}

Senator Cotton’s Stand

_{Christopher Rufo
March 25, 2021
Economics}

Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton introduced legislation to ban critical race theory trainings in the United States military. The bill is concise, and desperately needed. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 19, 2021
Economics}

Subversive Education

_{Christopher Rufo
March 19, 2021
Economics}

Last year, the Wake County Public School System, which serves the greater Raleigh, North Carolina area, held an equity-themed teachers’ conference with sessions on “whiteness,” “microaggressions,” “racial mapping,” and “disrupting texts,” encouraging educators to form “equity teams” in schools and push the new party line: “antiracism.” Read More ›

^{Scott S. Powell
March 11, 2021
Economics}

The Equality Act: The Next Step for the Cancel Culture?

_{Scott S. Powell
March 11, 2021
Economics}

There has always been tension between freedom and equality in the United States. History shows us that the American vision expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution to protect individual freedom and provide equal opportunity was not realized in the first decade of the Republic. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 11, 2021
Economics}

Revenge of the Gods

_{Christopher Rufo
March 11, 2021
Economics}

Next week, the California Department of Education will vote on a new statewide ethnic studies curriculum that advocates for the “decolonization” of American society and elevates Aztec religious symbolism—all in the service of a left-wing political ideology. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
March 4, 2021
Economics}

Critical Race Fragility

_{Christopher Rufo
March 4, 2021
Economics}

The Left has denounced the “war on woke,” but it is afraid to defend the principles of critical race theory in public debate. Read More ›