Economics

Center on Wealth & Poverty
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 16, 2020
Economics
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Christopher Rufo with Reihan Salan for Manhattan Institute’s Young Leaders Circle

Center on Wealth & Poverty
September 16, 2020
Economics
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On September 16th, Manhattan Institute president Reihan Salam interviewed City Journal contributing editor Christopher Rufo who has established himself as an authority on the negative consequences of sometimes well-intentioned progressive policies designed to address homelessness, opioid addiction, incarceration, and other urban problems. Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
September 15, 2020
Economics
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The New Social Order of America’s Poor

Christopher Rufo
September 15, 2020
Economics
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Chris Rufo, Director of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty, describes “pockets of extreme poverty” in America’s cities, asks how this phenomenon is possible in modern America, and explores compassionate approaches to addressing this vexing social issue. Chris forwards the thesis that the federal bureaucracy’s has filled the economic vacuum left by stagnation in distressed communities and that these Read More ›

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Christopher Rufo
September 11, 2020
Economics
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Marxism at the Barricades

Christopher Rufo
September 11, 2020
Economics
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Christopher R. Rufo ( Director of Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth and Poverty) and Carlo Lancellotti (Professor of Mathematics at The City University of New York) discuss the relevance of communist thought in Italy on the neo-Marxist, identitarian movement roiling America's cities. Read More ›
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Tom Alberg
August 28, 2020
Cascadia, Energy, Natural and Artificial Intelligence
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The Benefits of Autonomous and Electric Vehicle Technology

Tom Alberg
August 28, 2020
Cascadia, Energy, Natural and Artificial Intelligence
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Jay Richards interviews Tom Alberg, Founder, Madrona Venture Group and Co-chair of the ACES Northwest Network, about ACES’ efforts to bring Automated, Connected, Electric, and Shared vehicle technologies to the Puget Sound region. Alberg dismisses the idea that these new technologies will lead to job loss because innovation has always created more opportunity, not less. Read More ›
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Center on Wealth & Poverty
August 13, 2020
Economics
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Covid-19 Exposes the Roots of the Homeless Crisis in our Cities

Center on Wealth & Poverty
August 13, 2020
Economics
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“The coronavirus has started to reveal some long standing truths about homelessness, about addiction, and about mental illness,” explains Christopher Rufo director of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty. “For the past decade, policy makers have largely avoided these questions, or, largely been in denial about the causes of homelessness.” Read More ›
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Christopher Rufo
August 3, 2020
Economics
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Chaos by the Bay

Christopher Rufo
August 3, 2020
Economics
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San Francisco has become plagued by homelessness, addiction, and property crime. In this short documentary, I investigate what went wrong — how one of the world's most prosperous cities has become a haven of public disorder. Read More ›
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Bill Walton
July 3, 2020
Economics
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The Bill Walton Show: Reality Economics 101 with Don Boudreaux and John Tamny

Bill Walton
July 3, 2020
Economics
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On this week's episode of The Bill Walton Show, Discovery Senior Fellow Bill Walton has a wide ranging conversation about all things economic with Donald Boudreaux, best-selling author, professor of economics at George Mason University who writes the popular blog Cafe Hayek and John Tamny, editor of Real Clear Markets, an editor for Forbes Magazine and the author of “The End of Work” and “They’re Both Wrong.” Even if, or maybe especially, you think economics is too abstract or arcane or harsh, this is a fresh and engaging take that everyone can learn from. Read More ›
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William A. Dembski and Jay W. Richards
June 26, 2020
Economics, Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
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Bill Dembski on a DYI Decentralized Currency

William A. Dembski and Jay W. Richards
June 26, 2020
Economics, Natural and Artificial Intelligence, Technology
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Jay Richards interviews mathematician, entrepreneur, and philosopher, Dr. Bill Dembski, about his unique thought experiment regarding how one could create a decentralized, DIY, information-based currency. Richards also explores with Dembski the concepts of natural and artificial intelligence. Trained as a mathematician and philosopher, Dr. Bill Dembski is a writer, editor, and researcher whose books and articles range over mathematics, engineering, Read More ›

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Bill Walton
June 17, 2020
Economics
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The Bill Walton Show: The True Human Costs of Government Imposed Lockdowns with Jim Agresti

Bill Walton
June 17, 2020
Economics
2
Medical studies show that excessive stress and anxiety are among the most debilitating and deadly of all health hazards in the world. Beyond their obvious effects like suicide and substance abuse—these mental stressors are strongly related to and may trigger and inflame a host of ailments like high blood pressure, digestive disorders, heart conditions, infectious diseases, cancer, and pregnancy complications. Read More ›