superabundance

^{Gale Pooley
July 17, 2024
Economics}

Entrepreneurs Create Abundance. Bureaucrats Create Scarcity.

_{Gale Pooley
July 17, 2024
Economics}

Mark Perry does a great chart that illustrates the relative changes in the nominal prices of a variety of products and services. What is the difference between growing abundance and growing scarcity? In a word, government. Read More ›

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 9, 2024
Economics}

Superabundance Featured by John Stossel — and Reposted by Elon Musk!

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
July 9, 2024
Economics}

On Monday, John Stossel featured Superabundance in a video titled "The Scaremongers Are Wrong," encouraging people to ignore the apocalyptic messages from climate activists and have more babies. Elon Musk reposted the video. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
May 10, 2024
Economics}

Strawberries In The U.S. Grew 2,755 Percent More Abundant Since 1960

_{Gale Pooley
May 10, 2024
Economics}

Researchers at UC Davis have documented the tremendous growth in yields for strawberries in California. Genetic gains from breeding and production advances increased yields by 2,755 percent from the early 1960s. The strawberry joins wheat, rice, and other staple crops of the Green Revolution. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
March 20, 2024
Economics}

The Good Old Days Were Really Expensive

_{Gale Pooley
March 20, 2024
Economics}

We buy things with money but pay for them with our time. Money prices are expressed in dollars and cents, while time prices are expressed in hours and minutes. A time price is simply the money price divided by hourly income. Read More ›

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^{George F. Will
July 19, 2023
Economics}

Progressive Gloom Ignores a Marvelous Historical Economic Measure

_{George F. Will
July 19, 2023
Economics}

In “Life After Capitalism,” George Gilder, citing Marian L. Tupy and Gale L. Pooley in the Cato Institute’s volume “Superabundance,” writes that “between 1980 and 2022, workers have been able to buy some 300 percent more goods and services with their hours and minutes.” The secret sauce is applied knowledge. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
May 8, 2023}

Dr. Gale L. Pooley on the Ideology of Scarcity and the Potential to Achieve “Super Abundance”

_{Gale Pooley
May 8, 2023}

^{Center on Wealth & Poverty
January 30, 2023
Economics}

Superabundance on PragerU

_{Center on Wealth & Poverty
January 30, 2023
Economics}

There are now eight billion people living on the planet. Is there enough room for all of us? Are we going to run out of food and other resources? Discovery Institute Senior Fellow Gale Pooley's co-author Marian Tupy, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses their new book Superabundance and examines whether or not these fears are valid. His answer may surprise you. Read More ›

^{By Editorial Board - The Washington Times
September 24, 2022
Economics}

Superabundance in the Washington Times

_{By Editorial Board - The Washington Times
September 24, 2022
Economics}

Escaping grinding deprivation has been the aspiration of humanity since the dawn of time. Now that many of the planet’s peoples are blessed with sufficient means of survival — and some with plenty — a trendy narrative threatens to turn the dream into a nightmare. Read More ›

^{Frederick Hess
September 16, 2022
Economics}

Forbes: Teach the Truth and Superabundance

_{Frederick Hess
September 16, 2022
Economics}

In Superabundance, economists Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy show just how extraordinarily better off Americans are today than we were even a few decades ago—and how remarkably our well-being has improved over time. Read More ›