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

New Documentary Sheds Light on LA Homelessness Crisis

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September 20, 2021}

Reason Magazine released a compelling half-hour documentary this summer on the dire homelessness situation in Los Angeles, highlighting government incompetence and fiscal waste.

The Fastest Learning Curve in History: Gale Pooley; September 13, 2021

Stephen Eide: Homelessness May Be Newsom’s Undoing: Caitlin Bassett; September 9, 2021

Solutions to Homelessness: How Breadcoin Feeds the Hungry: Caitlin Bassett; September 3, 2021

Let’s Start Treating the Seriously Mentally Ill: Caitlin Bassett; September 1, 2021

Solutions to Homelessness: Acres of Diamonds in King County, Washington: Caitlin Bassett; August 30, 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