Wealth & Poverty Review | Page 3

^{Scott S. Powell
April 28, 2022
Inflation}

Mounting U.S. Debt and Misguided Foreign Policy Risk a Dollar Doomsday

_{Scott S. Powell
April 28, 2022
Inflation}

The U.S. dollar is getting perilously close to losing its status as the world’s reserve currency, and there is less room than ever for error on the international stage. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
April 26, 2022
Growth}

Visualizing Global Resource Abundance

_{Gale Pooley
April 26, 2022
Growth}

Think pizzas. Personal resource abundance is the size of the slice. Global resource abundance is the size of the pie. Global resource abundance is the product of the size of the slice multiplied by the size of the population. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett and Robert Marbut
March 28, 2022
Homelessness}

Generous Donation Gone to Waste on Bad Homelessness Policy

_{Caitlin Bassett and Robert Marbut
March 28, 2022
Homelessness}

Seattle civic and business leaders have announced a $10 million collaborative effort to tackle the downtown chronic homelessness problem. “It’s the beginning of some good news,” Mayor Bruce Harrell declared when they announced the financial donation. Read More ›

^{Robert Marbut and Caitlin Bassett
March 18, 2022
Homelessness}

Most Cities’ Responses To Homelessness Actually Enable Even More Homelessness

_{Robert Marbut and Caitlin Bassett
March 18, 2022
Homelessness}

If policymakers want to be serious about truly alleviating the suffering of those experiencing homelessness and keeping their streets safe, they need to spend their money wisely on treatment-and-recovery approaches. Read More ›

Man's hand holds wooden flat house against the sun

^{Discovery Institute
March 15, 2022
Homelessness}

Former Federal Homelessness Czar Joins Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty as a Senior Fellow

_{Discovery Institute
March 15, 2022
Homelessness}

Robert Marbut, a renowned expert on homelessness, has been named to Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth & Poverty as a senior fellow. Read More ›

^{Caitlin Bassett
March 10, 2022
Homelessness, Housing}

Former Homelessness Czar Sees Hope for the Future

_{Caitlin Bassett
March 10, 2022
Homelessness, Housing}

I sat down with Dr. Robert Marbut, Jr., a renowned national consultant and the homelessness czar under former President Trump, to discuss why he is optimistic about the future of addressing homelessness with robust solutions. Read More ›

Top down view of claw hammer and rusty nails on a plain wooden background

^{Gale Pooley
February 23, 2022
Growth}

Nailing Innovation

_{Gale Pooley
February 23, 2022
Growth}

Professor Daniel Sichel from Emory Riddle University has published an interesting paper on nails. He found that before the Industrial Revolution, it took about a minute for a skilled blacksmith or nailsmith to produce one hand-forged nail. Today, a worker can produce 3,500 nails per minute. Read More ›

^{Wesley J. Smith
February 17, 2022
Homelessness}

Biden Administration’s ‘Free Crack Pipe’ Scheme Hurts the Homeless and Harms Society

_{Wesley J. Smith
February 17, 2022
Homelessness}

President Joe Biden should change his name to “President Woke.” In the newest example of his administration’s hard-left governing philosophy, they planned to offer nonprofit organizations federal grants to give drug paraphernalia to addicts, an idea that goes under the name of “harm reduction.” Read More ›

Drug abuse with people sharing the same syringe

^{Debra J. Saunders
February 10, 2022
Homelessness}

Crack Pipes and Free Needles

_{Debra J. Saunders
February 10, 2022
Homelessness}

Every well-intended public policy taken to an extreme leads to misery and dysfunction. A case in point is the Washington Free Beacon story on $30 million grant for “safe smoking” kits. According to the story, a Department of Health and Human Services spokesman said the kits would include pipes for users to smoke crack cocaine.” Read More ›

Getting knowledge and solving problem. Logical idea concept. Connecting last jigsaw puzzle piece.

^{Andy Kessler
February 6, 2022
Wealth Creation}

Wealth Is Knowledge

_{Andy Kessler
February 6, 2022
Wealth Creation}

The stock-market carnage came fast and furious, wrecking GameStop -like memes and get-rich-quick crypto schemes and cracking SPACs. The ringleader, Robinhood, fueled by stimulus checks, is a good proxy for the excess. Its stock is down almost 80% from its August peak. It is a fine time to ask: What is wealth? Read More ›