Center on Wealth & Poverty

The Mission of Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty is to apply the perennial truths of economics and ethics to the urgent challenges of today. We are building a sustained argument against the progressive ideological regime that increasingly dominates America’s institutions and rebuilding the foundation of the nation’s first principles: freedom, equality, charity, and the pursuit of happiness for all. Read more.

News

Life Has Gotten Sweeter – Literally!

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Trade benefits humanity in a myriad of ways. It allows us to discover the true value of goods and services. It promotes cooperation by building trust between contracting parties. And, most obviously, it enables us to buy goods and services that we would not be able to produce ourselves.

U.S. Housing Became Much More Affordable Over The Last 40 Years: Gale Pooley; June 25, 2021

Gale Pooley Discusses The Simon Abundance Index on The Human Progress Podcast: Gale Pooley; April 22, 2021

How the Changes in China Constitute a Strategic Threat to the U.S. and the World: Scott S. Powell; April 16, 2021

How China’s Economy and Trade Policies with the U.S. Have Changed: Scott S. Powell; April 16, 2021

How the Culture and Politics of China have Fundamentally Changed: Scott S. Powell; April 16, 2021

Video

The Bill Walton Show: How Financial Regulations are Reshaping America with Todd Zywicki and Brian Johnson

The Price of Panic: Jay W. Richards; December 8, 2020

George Gilder, Wealth & Poverty 40 Years Later: George Gilder; October 2, 2020

The Story of Money: Edmund C. Moy; September 21, 2020

Does More People Equal More Abundance? The Myth of Economic Scarcity: Jay W. Richards; August 7, 2020