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.

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It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Obamacare Failure

_{Walter Myers III
December 3, 2025
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Imagine tuning into a Sunday football game. Amid the flurry of touchdowns and tackles, the commercials are filled with familiar names — State Farm, Allstate, Liberty Mutual, and Farmers — vying for your dollars to cover your cars, homes, and personal liability. You have choices, and the competing advertisements are evidence of a robust marketplace where consumers benefit from price competition and innovation. But imagine if, alongside those ads, you could also shop for your health insurance — across state lines, no different than car or home coverage.

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The BRICS Need Gold Bank Accounts: Nathan Lewis; November 8, 2025; 3; Currency

Iceland: More Entrepreneurs or More Bureaucrats?: Gale Pooley; November 3, 2025; 8; Abundance

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Little Saigon Left Behind: Crime, Chaos, and Political Silence: Jonathan Choe; September 10, 2025; Homelessness

Michele Steeb Tells NTD News Trump Is Not Criminalizing the Homeless: Center on Wealth & Poverty; August 12, 2025; Homelessness

Robert Marbut Defends Trump’s Homeless Executive Order on Chris Cuomo’s Show: Center on Wealth & Poverty; July 28, 2025; Homelessness

Robert Marbut Talks New Homelessness Executive Order on News Nation: Center on Wealth & Poverty; July 25, 2025; Homelessness

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