Wealth & Poverty Review | Page 7

Account photo of a luxury cruise ship sailing in the open sea at sunset

^{Gale Pooley
March 11, 2025
Growth

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Cruise Ship Billionaires

_{Gale Pooley
March 11, 2025
Growth

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Adjusted for inflation, the Icon of the Seas cost 55 times more to build than the Mardi Gras but passengers pay 23 percent less to enjoy. How is this possible? Two words: people and knowledge. More people create larger markets. With a larger market, projects that require a high development or fixed cost become feasible because you can now spread these costs over lots more customers. Read More ›

President Donald Trump holds a cabinet meeting, Wednesday, February 26, 2025, in the Cabinet Room. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

^{Scott S. Powell
March 6, 2025
National Debt, Politics

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Can DOGE Audits Save U.S. From Debt Market Collapse?

_{Scott S. Powell
March 6, 2025
National Debt, Politics

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In air combat over enemy territory, when the fighter plane encounters flak, the pilot knows he is over the target. The American people can be sure that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that was reactivated by Trump is over the target. Read More ›

Airplane Flying Over Colorful Cargo Containers

^{Nathan Lewis
February 17, 2025
Economic Policy, Taxes

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A New Era of Economic Nationalism

_{Nathan Lewis
February 17, 2025
Economic Policy, Taxes

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The United States was founded on Free Trade. And, high tariffs. Domestically, the United States had exceptional economic policy. There were hardly any taxes, and the currency was reliably fixed to gold. Trade was Free between States. With what I've called "The Magic Formula" (Low Taxes and Stable Money), the US got richer — even with high tariffs with the rest of the world. Read More ›

^{Caitlyn McKenney
February 11, 2025
Housing

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The Bellevue Squatting Case Reveals a Broken Eviction System in King County

_{Caitlyn McKenney
February 11, 2025
Housing

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Let's unpack the unlawful detainer case(s) to find out how this family lived without paying rent for 2.5 years in a $2 million Bellevue, Washington home. The Kims signed a 9-month lease in July 2022 and paid first month's rent of $4,400. Read More ›

^{Jonathan Choe
February 9, 2025
Housing

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Bellevue Squatter Sang Kim Kicked Out of Rental Property

_{Jonathan Choe
February 9, 2025
Housing

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After two years of hell, Bellevue deadbeat tenants Sang and Youjin Kim have finally been kicked out of their rental property. After numerous legal rulings against them, the Kims were supposed to vacate by Saturday. But they went past the deadline and left a mess. Read More ›

^{Caitlyn McKenney
February 6, 2025
Housing

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Caitlyn McKenney Discusses Her Seattle Times Op-Ed with Brandi Kruse

_{Caitlyn McKenney
February 6, 2025
Housing

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Discovery Institute Research Fellow Caitlyn McKenney appeared on [un]Divided with Brandi Kruse this week to discuss McKenney's op-ed in The Seattle Times, "Sensible WA Tenancy Laws Will Help Housing Stability." McKenney argues that nonsensical laws protecting tenants from eviction cause harm to housing stability. Watch McKenney and Kruse discuss. Read More ›

^{Caitlyn McKenney
February 5, 2025
Housing

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Is Housing a Human Right?

_{Caitlyn McKenney
February 5, 2025
Housing

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The U.S. Constitution establishes life, liberty and property as unalienable rights but makes no room for a human right to the provision of housing. Read More ›

Sample social media app interface on mobile phone showing shared video content

^{Scott S. Powell
January 28, 2025
Politics

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Does President Trump Have It Wrong on TikTok?

_{Scott S. Powell
January 28, 2025
Politics

5}

Trump is mistaken if he thinks that the restructuring of TikTok can be pulled off quickly, given the risk of residual backdoors to China that are likely baked into the system. Everyone understands that Facebook harvests data from users' devices even when they are not on the Facebook site. According to Sam Faddis, a 20-year veteran of the CIA, TikTok is four to five times more intrusive than Facebook in harvesting data from Americans who have downloaded the TikTok app. Read More ›

Hundreds kilos of gold stolen during war in Europe found on unknown place

^{Nathan Lewis
January 28, 2025
Economic Policy

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Gold Is Still Your Only Monetary Alternative

_{Nathan Lewis
January 28, 2025
Economic Policy

5}

Today, we are seeing a lot of the institutions and bad ideas of the Post World War II Consensus breaking down and collapsing. Among these is the rather stupid notion that economies should be managed by some combination of currency and interest rate manipulation, and “fiscal stimulus” spending that amounts to utter waste, for the simple reason that it has no justification except as “stimulus.” These are the conclusions of “Keynesianism,” which has been taught in all universities since the 1940s. Read More ›

^{Gale Pooley
January 27, 2025
Growth

3}

The Abundance of the Five Metals in the Simon-Ehrlich Bet

_{Gale Pooley
January 27, 2025
Growth

3}

Between 1900 and 2000, global population grew by 400 percent, from 1.6 billion to 8 billion. During the same period, the production of the five metals soared: chromium increased by an astounding 78,082 percent, copper by 4,062 percent, nickel by 26,918 percent, tin by 226 percent, and tungsten by 4,829 percent. On average, production of these metals rose by an extraordinary 22,823 percent. Read More ›