Wealth & Poverty Review

brexit concept - double exposure of flag and Westminster Palace with Big Ben

^{David Klinghoffer
May 14, 2025
Politics

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

_{David Klinghoffer
May 14, 2025
Politics

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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 ›

Piles of refined rare earth elements from mining activities: mining techniques, mineral refinement, aggregation of elements, industry procedures

^{Scott S. Powell
May 13, 2025

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How Trump Can Simultaneously Strengthen America’s Financials and Its National Security

_{Scott S. Powell
May 13, 2025

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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 ›

^{Stephen Meyer
May 8, 2025
Economic Policy, Free Enterprise

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This Should Be Trump’s Top Trade Priority

_{Stephen Meyer
May 8, 2025
Economic Policy, Free Enterprise

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An agreement between the world's largest and fifth-largest economies will create a huge free trade zone, benefiting businesses and spurring growth on both sides of the Atlantic. Read More ›

saving energy and money concept. idea for save or investment. businessman holding lightbulb beside piggy bank and coins stacking on desk with note book.

^{Gale Pooley and George Gilder
May 2, 2025
Abundance

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The Virtues of the “Knowledge Theory of Value”

_{Gale Pooley and George Gilder
May 2, 2025
Abundance

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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 ›

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)

^{Nathan Lewis
April 24, 2025
Economic Policy, Taxes

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Tariffs Done Wrong

_{Nathan Lewis
April 24, 2025
Economic Policy, Taxes

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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 ›

Mosaic ceiling of the Florence Baptistery, Italy

^{Scott S. Powell
April 21, 2025

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How Easter Transformed the World Like Nothing Else Ever Could

_{Scott S. Powell
April 21, 2025

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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 ›

Alarm clock and dollars, close up. Time is money. Gray alarm clock on money banknotes Dollars, concept of business planning and finance. Finance concept with alarm clock and money in jar

^{George Gilder and Gale Pooley
April 17, 2025
Abundance

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We Should Measure Prices in Time

_{George Gilder and Gale Pooley
April 17, 2025
Abundance

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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 ›

^{Gale Pooley
April 14, 2025
Abundance

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AH (Artificial Horses) Made Farmers 62.5 Times More Productive

_{Gale Pooley
April 14, 2025
Abundance

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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 ›

^{Andy Kessler
April 2, 2025
Abundance

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Can the Left Do “Abundance”?

_{Andy Kessler
April 2, 2025
Abundance

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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 ›

^{Scott S. Powell
March 18, 2025
Economic Policy

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Returning to Our Founding Will Make America Great Again

_{Scott S. Powell
March 18, 2025
Economic Policy

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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 ›