Wealth & Poverty Review

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On Free Trade, Let’s Go All the Way with the U.K.

The trade deal with Great Britain, unveiled last Thursday, was a definite step in the right direction, but the next steps for the U.S. should take us closer to going all the way to full free trade with the U.K. Dr. Stephen Meyer, Director of Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture, has been arguing for this for decades, going back to when he was a graduate student in the philosophy of science at Cambridge University Read More ›
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Piles of refined rare earth elements from mining activities: mining techniques, mineral refinement, aggregation of elements, industry procedures
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How Trump Can Simultaneously Strengthen America’s Financials and Its National Security

As with the production of lithium and cobalt, which power electric vehicles, China also controls most of the global rare earth supply chain, including mining, processing, and refining. At present, the U.S. has only one operational rare earths mine. But we can't process heavy rare earths, so we send the mine's ore to China for processing. Read More ›
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The Virtues of the “Knowledge Theory of Value”

Kevin Hoover suggests that William Nordhaus relied on the labor theory of value in his paper on light (Letters, April 24). Yet Nordhaus actually used knowledge, not labor. He offered a method to measure innovation: the discovery and sharing of valuable new knowledge. Nordhaus measured the amount of knowledge per unit of time and observed that knowledge about light was growing exponentially, surpassing traditional measures of economic development. It is the time price over time that truly deserves our attention. Read More ›
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President Donald J. Trump signs an Executive Order on on the Administration’s tariff plans at a “Make America Healthy Again” event, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the White House Rose Gardent. (Official White House Photo by Abe McNatt)
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Tariffs Done Wrong

Economic Nationalism, done right, could work very well for the United States in coming decades. The most glorious period for US business, before 1913, was a time of high tariffs and controlled immigration. But, it was also a time when there was no Income Tax; and, in this pre-Federal Reserve era, the money was fixed to gold. The result was very good. The United States, at first a promising “emerging market,” ended up a global superpower. Read More ›
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How Easter Transformed the World Like Nothing Else Ever Could

Across cultures throughout human history, people have sought to flee oppression and escape persecution. A recurring theme in Western literature and in modern classics such as Superman and Disney originals, which revolve around the struggle between good and evil, is the need and critical role for a rescuer or savior. Read More ›
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We Should Measure Prices in Time

How can the laws of enterprise and business consulting diverge so significantly from the accepted wisdom of economic analysis and political rhetoric? More baffling, how is it that products are becoming simultaneously more expensive and more affordable? This paradox is possible because while we buy things with money, we actually pay for them with our time—not in dollars and cents but in hours and minutes of work. Read More ›
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AH (Artificial Horses) Made Farmers 62.5 Times More Productive

In 1800, the U.S. Census Bureau recorded a population of 5.3 million. Roughly half — about 2.65 million — were farmers. Today, the U.S. population is nearing 340 million, yet the number of farmers has risen only slightly to 2.72 million. Back then, one farmer fed just two people. Today, each farmer feeds 125. Read More ›
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Can the Left Do “Abundance”?

In 1981 George Gilder wrote about supply-side economics in his book "Wealth and Poverty." Ronald Reagan read it and embraced its message, enabling decades of technology-led growth. Also, Mr. Gilder was one of the first to talk about abundance. His most important economic axiom, for me anyway, is "waste what's abundant to make up for what's scarce." Silicon Valley lives by this. Read More ›
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Returning to Our Founding Will Make America Great Again

To make America great again, every American citizen should know what was the main driver of America's success in becoming the world's superpower economically and militarily by the early 20th century. America's greatness then was primarily attributable to its spiritually-grounded culture and its form of government—a unique constitutional republic that empowered the people and the states more than elites and the federal government. Read More ›