On April 21, 1787, the Congress of the Confederation of the United States authorized a design for an official copper penny, later referred to as the Fugio cent because of its image of the Sun and its light shining down on a sundial with the caption, Fugio. Fugio is Latin for “I flee/fly”, referring to time flying by. Read More ›
Transcontinental flights were once a luxury. Now they are affordable for almost everyone. Free-market entrepreneurial capitalism isn’t about making more luxuries for the wealthy, it’s about making luxuries common for the average person. Read More ›
Discovery Institute is pleased to announce that Senior Fellow Gale Pooley is the recipient of the 2023 Julian L. Simon Award along with Marian L. Tupy, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. Read More ›
