poverty

^{Gale Pooley
September 6, 2022
Economics}

Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy Discuss Superabundance with Jordan Peterson

_{Gale Pooley
September 6, 2022
Economics}

Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley are co-authors of the new book, “Super Abundance”. They sit down with Dr. Jordan B Peterson to discuss their studies into overpopulation, the myths surrounding the subject, and how academia has created a new philosophy that demonizes modern man simply for existing. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Cory
November 2, 2021
Economics}

President of Orange County Rescue Mission Explains Homelessness

_{Caitlin Cory
November 2, 2021
Economics}

The Orange County Rescue Mission is the largest non-profit faith-based organization in the Orange, Riverside, and San Diego Counties. Incredibly, it houses 500-600 people within their many facilities at any given time and serves over 19,800 people in the community. Read More ›

^{Christopher Rufo
November 17, 2020
Economics}

A New American Poverty

_{Christopher Rufo
November 17, 2020
Economics}

The new American poverty is not primarily an economic phenomenon – it has become a social, familial and psychological problem that reaches the very foundations of our social order. Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
October 27, 2020
Discovery Institute, Economics}

‘America Lost’ Premiering Tonight on PBS World

_{Discovery Institute
October 27, 2020
Discovery Institute, Economics}

Check out Director of Discovery Institute's Center on Wealth and Poverty Christopher Rufo's newest film tonight on PBS World. The film will air at 6 PM and again at 10 PM (pacific time). If you are unable to catch the film tonight or can't find it in your area, the film is also available for free online. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
August 13, 2020
Economics}

Covid-19 Exposes the Roots of the Homeless Crisis in our Cities

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
August 13, 2020
Economics}

“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 ›

^{Christopher Rufo
August 3, 2020
Economics}

Chaos by the Bay

_{Christopher Rufo
August 3, 2020
Economics}

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 ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 13, 2020
Discovery Institute, Economics}

Why Marriage Matters

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 13, 2020
Discovery Institute, Economics}

Please join us Tuesday, August 4th, at noon PT for a webinar featuring Dr. Brad Wilcox, Director of the National Marriage Project. Discovery Institute’s Christopher F. Rufo will interview Wilcox about the role of marriage in free enterprise, wealth accumulation, and happiness. Read More ›

^{Discovery Institute
April 24, 2020
Economics}

‘It’s the Bond Between All of Us That Holds Us Together’

_{Discovery Institute
April 24, 2020
Economics}

The fabric of American society is coming apart at the seams. Numerous books, editorials and podcasts have testified to that fact. Now, with federally recommended and state-mandated social distancing, communal bonds are simultaneously more strained and more urgently needed. Faith becomes something practiced privately or livestreamed. Family may feel smothered when sheltering together, distant if sheltering apart. If the COVID-19 crisis has illustrated anything, it has shown, by dint of absence and suspension, how important social bonds are. In reestablishing them, one could hardly look for better inspiration than Christopher Rufo’s America Lost. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 31, 2019
Economics}

Discovery Institute Fellow Chrisopher Rufo Set to Release New Documentary Next Year on American Poverty

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
October 31, 2019
Economics}

Discovery Institute research fellow Christopher F. Rufo is set to release his latest feature-length documentary, America Lost, which tells the story of life in three “forgotten American cities” — Youngstown, Ohio, Memphis, Tennessee, and Stockton, California. America Lost reveals the dramatic decline of the American interior through a combination of emotional personal stories and thoughtful conservative commentary. Filmmaker Christopher F. Rufo spent Read More ›

^{John G. West and Sonja E. West
January 19, 2000
Economics, Religion and Civic Life}

The Theology of Welfare

_{John G. West and Sonja E. West
January 19, 2000
Economics, Religion and Civic Life}

This book explores the theological basis for competing visions of welfare in the religious community by bringing together nationally recognized thinkers representing politically diverse strands of thought in Judaism, Catholicism, mainline Protestantism and evangelical Protestantism. Read More ›