Wealth & Poverty Review | Page 8

^{Gale Pooley
May 18, 2022
Growth}

Cordless Drills on Sale: Buy One, Get 41.8 Free

_{Gale Pooley
May 18, 2022
Growth}

Technically speaking, the first “cordless” drill was called a bit and brace drill invented hundreds of years ago. You can still buy one of these classics at Amazon for around $57. Read More ›

U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk speaks with Lt. Gen. Richard Clark, Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy, during the Ira C. Eaker Distinguished Speaker Presentation in the Academy's Arnold Hall on April 7, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Trevor cokley)

^{Gale Pooley
May 13, 2022
Growth}

Elon Musk Gets an A in Econ. Janet Yellen Gets a D-

_{Gale Pooley
May 13, 2022
Growth}

Elon Musk and Julian Simon are right. Janet Yellen and Thanos are wrong. More human beings create much more wealth for all of us to enjoy, if given the freedom to innovate by learning and discovering new valuable knowledge to share in free markets. Invest in people. We pay the highest dividends. Read More ›

Putting money into the gas tank (high gas prices concept)

^{Gale Pooley
May 10, 2022
Growth}

Even With Historic High Gasoline Prices, You Get 62 Percent More Miles for the Same Time it Took in 1980.

_{Gale Pooley
May 10, 2022
Growth}

Yes nominal gas prices are at historic highs, but it’s not the money that counts, it’s your time. Time prices are the true prices. Read More ›

^{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 ›

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

Generous Donation Gone to Waste on Bad Homelessness Policy

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

Most Cities’ Responses To Homelessness Actually Enable Even More Homelessness

_{Robert Marbut and Caitlin Cory
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 Cory
March 10, 2022
Homelessness, Housing}

Former Homelessness Czar Sees Hope for the Future

_{Caitlin Cory
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 ›