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^{Gale Pooley
September 13, 2021
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The Fastest Learning Curve in History

_{Gale Pooley
September 13, 2021
Growth}

In 1990 a goal was set to map the entire three-billion-letter human genome. The U.S. government spent $3.8 billion to fund the project in general with a fraction going towards the human genome sequencing. Read More ›

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^{Nathan Lewis
September 12, 2021
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Demographic Collapse #2: Ponzi Schemes

_{Nathan Lewis
September 12, 2021
Growth}

I have been arguing that a decline in population (“demographic collapse”) need not be a bad thing. If per-worker productivity remains high, or better yet rises considerably, then individuals and the society in general will remain wealthy and prosperous. Read More ›

Panorama view aerial view new development neighborhood in Cedar Hill, Texas, USA in morning fall with colorful leaves. A city in Dallas and Ellis counties located 16 miles southwest of downtown

^{Gale Pooley
August 27, 2021
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Population Growth and Resource Abundance

_{Gale Pooley
August 27, 2021
Growth}

Are resources becoming more or less abundant? To answer this question we analyzed the change in the time prices of 50 basic commodities from 1980 to 2020. Recall that 1980 was the year Julian Simon and Paul Ehrlich entered into their famous 10-year $1,000 bet on the price of five metals. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
August 5, 2021
Growth}

Are We Running Out? No

_{Gale Pooley
August 5, 2021
Growth}

From 1980 to 2020, every one percent increase in population corresponded to a four percent increase in personal resource abundance and an eight percent increase in global resource abundance. Read More ›

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^{Gale Pooley
July 28, 2021
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Light Has Burst Forth in Astonishing Abundance

_{Gale Pooley
July 28, 2021
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Since 1830 global light abundance has increased by 43,874,900 percent. Every one percent increase in population corresponded to a 79,773 percent increase in global light abundance. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
July 1, 2021
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Life Has Gotten Sweeter – Literally!

_{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
July 1, 2021
Growth}

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. Read More ›

Marian Tupy and Gale Pooley on Human Progress Podcast

^{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
April 22, 2021
Growth, Wealth Creation}

Gale Pooley Discusses The Simon Abundance Index on The Human Progress Podcast

_{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
April 22, 2021
Growth, Wealth Creation}

Gale Pooley joined his colleague Marian Tupy to give an annual update on their Simon Abundance Index. Named after University of Maryland economist Julian Simon, the Simon Abundance Index measures the change in abundance of resources over a period of time. Read More ›

^{George Gilder
March 30, 2021
Growth, Wealth Creation}

Time Price Theory Across All Domains of Economics

_{George Gilder
March 30, 2021
Growth, Wealth Creation}

The political world remains in the thrall of economists who have barely a clue about the economy. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
October 13, 2020
Free Enterprise, Growth}

Revisiting the Simon-Ehrlich Wager 40 Years On

_{Gale Pooley and Marian Tupy
October 13, 2020
Free Enterprise, Growth}

And so, as you listen to the purveyors of doom on the television and the radio, and read apocalyptic predictions of humanity’s future on Twitter and in the newspapers, bear in mind that with every hungry mouth comes a pair of hands and a brain capable of thought, planning, and innovation. Read More ›

^{George Gilder
May 26, 2020
Growth}

The Trump Dollar is on Track to be the Weakest of All Time

_{George Gilder
May 26, 2020
Growth}

Folks, watch them dance, US pols are exultant about the dollar! Despite the volatility and noise of virus, money manipulation, trade war, high tech disruption, and debt explosion, our leaders believe that the buck is a bastion of value. Amid the $6.7 trillion a day of currency shuffling in Vanity Fair — some 25 times world GDP and up some 30% in three years during a trade collapse — the dollar is floating and flapping on the Federal Reserve fortress like a triumphal banner of monetary stability in an ocean of froth. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is basking in glory as the dollar seems to be slip sliding near the Euro. And at least it’s not Brazil’s real or Argentina’s swooning peso! This Read More ›