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

Tire Abundance

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Walmart sells the Goodyear Reliant 195/60R15 88V All-Season Tire for $77. Unskilled workers today are earning around $17.17 an hour, indicating a time price of 4.46 hours. For the time it took to earn the money to buy a single tire in 1920, you get 20 of them today.

Lawrence Lepard Predicts “The Big Print”: Nathan Lewis; June 3, 2025; 7; Economic Policy

The Failure of Subsidizing AMTRAK and How to Make Passenger Trains Profitable Again: J.D. Wong; May 23, 2025; 2; Uncategorized

With Sovereign Wealth Fund, Trump Seeks to Strengthen Nation: Scott S. Powell; May 22, 2025; 5; Economic Policy

Information Economics: George Gilder’s “Life After Capitalism”: Paul Krause; May 19, 2025; 12; Abundance

On Free Trade, Let’s Go All the Way with the U.K.: David Klinghoffer; May 14, 2025; 3; Politics

Video

The Toxic Patterns that Keep People on the Streets

Ken Peterson Talks with Brandi Kruse About “What Does It Cost?” Documentary: Center on Wealth & Poverty; June 6, 2025; Energy

Seattle Government Ignores Suffering of Chinatown: Jonathan Choe; May 15, 2025; Homelessness

Homeless Relocation Program Exposed: Jonathan Choe; May 1, 2025; Homelessness

Dr. Robert Marbut and Billy Baldwin Talk with Megyn Kelly About Fentanyl Film: Center on Wealth & Poverty; April 30, 2025; Homelessness

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