Links to readings for this Liberty Fund colloquium on Population, Resources, and Liberty: The Continuing Impact of Julian Simon SESSION I : Julian Simon’s Contributions to Perennial Policy Debates• Simon, Julian.”Philosophy and My Work...
by Marina Tanase (author of earlier posts, More on Globalization – Covid and its effects and The Real Story of Globalization) If one were to ask me why I decided to write this article...
A previous post on migration emphasized the importance of measuring economic freedom to judge policy reforms effective in reducing barriers to enterprise and prosperity. In that post Economic Freedom Indexes were recommended as tools...
Many proposals call for the European Union to increase skilled immigration, as well as reforms for less skilled immigrants and asylum seekers. Populist and nationalist groups say new immigrants will “take” jobs locals could...
Hundreds of millions in the Great Migration are moving toward better opportunities. People “vote” for better governance with their feet, traveling from dysfunctional and less economically free communities to where labor is more highly...
Only 12 percent of American adults are metabolically healthy, study finds (ScienceDaily, November 28, 2018) When hundreds of millions across the U.S. and Europe suffer from chronic conditions caused by poor metabolic health, upper...
Researching a 2014 debate topic on U.S./Middle East policy, costs for Kurdish refugee camp were reported: “U.S. government funding for refugees has reached $2.4 billion.” Building, operating, supplying, and protecting refugee camps can be...
For students researching and debating the European Union immigration reform, Who Really Wants to Solve the Problem of Poverty? shares a success story of 600 million escaping poverty. The worldwide transition from poverty to...
It is very good news that hundreds of millions are on the path to prosperity heading to cities for opportunities. Michael Cox used this example: imagine a few people dropped into a jungle, just one...
With 28 member countries and 446 million people, the European Union is, after China and India the next most populated region on Earth. The United States is next with 330 million people. Population size...
