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^{Gale Pooley
August 31, 2022
Economics}

Gale Pooley’s New Book Superabundance Out Now

_{Gale Pooley
August 31, 2022
Economics}

Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Gale Pooley's new book Superabundance is officially released today. It tells the story of population growth, innovation, and human flourishing on an infinitely bountiful planet. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
November 1, 2022
Economics}

Superabundance

_{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
November 1, 2022
Economics}

Generations of people have been taught that population growth makes resources scarcer. In 2021, for example, one widely publicized report argued that “The world’s rapidly growing population is consuming the planet’s natural resources at an alarming rate … the world currently needs 1.6 Earths to satisfy the demand for natural resources … [a figure that] could rise to 2 planets Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
August 19, 2022
Economics}

Seattle’s Unending Drug Crisis

_{Jonathan Choe
August 19, 2022
Economics}

In this great American city, blessed with enormous wealth and natural beauty, a drug crisis is exploding on its streets. Along 3rd Avenue, against the backdrop of Pike Place Market in Seattle’s downtown core, the addicts smoke and inject all kinds of substances in plain sight. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
August 19, 2022
Economics, Homelessness}

Seattle’s Unending Drug Crisis

_{Jonathan Choe
August 19, 2022
Economics, Homelessness}

Desperate lonely man seated against the wall in the city street

^{Marvin Olasky
August 18, 2022
Economics}

Homeless Encampments and Mental Illness

_{Marvin Olasky
August 18, 2022
Economics}

Fifty-one years ago I bicycled from Boston to Oregon. I was a Marxist then and looking for evidence of the American empire falling apart, but during the whole ten weeks on the road I didn’t see the one tourist attraction that would have delighted my propagandistic self: homeless encampments. Now every city seems to have them. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
August 16, 2022
Economics}

Some Neighbors Say Bucket Toilets Prolong Encampments

_{Jonathan Choe
August 16, 2022
Economics}

^{The Bradley Center
August 8, 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Discovery Institute, Economics, Technology}

COSM 2022

_{The Bradley Center
August 8, 2022
Artificial Intelligence, Discovery Institute, Economics, Technology}

COSM is a national summit on the realities of ascendant technology and the myth of economic decline. The summit illuminates the synergy between Seattle and the world and provides a scene of civilized conversation and exchange. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
August 8, 2022
Economics, Homelessness}

Neighbor Confronts Encampment Shuffler

_{Jonathan Choe
August 8, 2022
Economics, Homelessness}

^{Marvin Olasky
August 5, 2022
Economics}

A Look at Community First! Village in Austin Pt. 2

_{Marvin Olasky
August 5, 2022
Economics}

I wrote last week about Community First! Village, located on relatively cheap land just east of Austin and getting national applause as the coolest homelessness project in what some call America’s coolest city. There’s plenty of hype in both characterizations, especially since many laudatory magazine articles focus on the tiny homes at CFV that draw admiring eyes, and not the dramas occurring within them. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
August 4, 2022
Economics}

Are We Running Out?

_{Gale Pooley
August 4, 2022
Economics}

Economics is the study of how human beings create value for one another. Value is a function of how intelligently we organize things like atoms, musical notes, words on a page, pictures on a screen, and bits in software. The quantity of things is important, but it’s the value of things that count. And value can change as fast as people can change their minds. Read More ›