Thanks to Caleb Brown of Cato Daily Podcast for taking time to discuss “Steelmanning” recently. Our discussion was posted May 14. And thanks to Joshua Anumolu for his Steelmanning post for Ethos Debate. Joshua...
The cost of a home in Texas is drastically cheaper than owning a home in California. The average cost of a home in the U.S. is $231,000. A home costs 60% more in California compared to Texas. In Texas, the median home price is only $195,000, which is...
From Unlucky Prehistoric Geography to Unfortunate Institutions TodayGregory Rehmke Presented at APEE Session: “Cultural and Geographic Links to Economic Growth.” April 8, 2002 Until very recently the only way people could get to Argentina...
My new book could be titled: Don’t Diet: Research Nutrition. Diet programs and fads attract millions wishing to lose weight, with billions spent on weight loss goods and services (see The $72 Billion Weight Loss & Diet...
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...
[Updated from earlier post on earlier freedom vs. equity value debate topic to economic stability vs. economic growth topic] People in the south of England in the 1800s benefited from economic stability. Stability but...
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...
Americans are inflamed! From the campaigns and elections, social and news media anger, lockdowns, and the battered economy. But what if this inflammation is caused as much by poor nutrition as upsetting news? Studies...
