Why Immigration Drives Innovation
Economic history reveals one unmistakable psychological pattern.
Joseph Henrich
Browsing: Prosperity
Where in the World Is It Easiest to Get Rich?
The economy is not a zero-sum game: why Scandinavia is a better place to fulfill the American dream.
Harald Eia
A New Way to Think About Solving the World’s Biggest Problems
How to build global cooperation. It’s SIMPOL!
John Bunzl and Nick Duffell
Is There Anything That Working Less Does Not Solve?
The solution to just about everything: Working less
Rutger Bregman
Economists are Obsessed with “Job Creation.” How about Less Work?
Increased automation has not reduced our workload. Why not? What if it did?
Peter Gray
What Peter the Great Discovered in Amsterdam: Inclusivity Creates Wealth
The young Tsar discovered in his travels that commercial prosperity largely derived from open societies.
Nick Cassella
Two Big Questions About the Job Guarantee: God, Devil, and the Details
Progressives have these questions. Others will too.
Steve Roth
Is Big Government Bad for Freedom, Civil Society, and Happiness?
The experience from the world’s affluent democratic countries suggests that, at least so far, the answer is no.
Lane Kenworthy
Quality of Government, Not Size, Is the Key to Freedom and Prosperity
As far as human freedom goes, the quality of government dominates the statistical relationship.
Ed Dolan
They Go Together: Freedom, Prosperity, and Big Government
Countries with larger government sectors tend to have more personal freedom
Ed Dolan
The Conversation About Basic Income is a Mess. Here’s How to Make Sense of It.
Its time we treat UBI as the messy fabric that it is.
Charlie Young
Why Common Ownership Is a Route to Social Transformation
The case for despair is made. Now let’s start to get out of the mess we’re in.
George Monbiot
Como A Noruega Desfaz O Mito De Setor Privado Versus Público
Um Estado capaz de construir uma infraestrutura sólida não é o bastante. Deve ser também um Estado inclusivo
Sigrun Aasland
The Basic Income and Job Guarantee are Complementary, not Opposing Policies
Let’s see what happens when everyone has some cash on hand
Brad Voracek
Before Capitalism, Medieval Peasants Got More Vacation Time Than You. Here’s Why.
Go back 200, 300 or 400 years and you find that most people did not work very long hours
Lynn Parramore
Like Donald Trump, I Was Born on Third Base. But I Know Who Really Made me Rich.
We are all dependent and interdependent. And we didn’t do it alone.
Chuck Collins
You Might Have Earned It, But Don’t Forget That Your Wealth Came from Society
To be human is to earn the right to share in the wealth generated by productive social institutions
Ryan Avent
How to Suffocate Your Economy: Drown it in Massive Private Debt.
The whole world has too much of it. History suggests this won’t end well.
Richard Vague
Do Immigrants Import Their Economic Destiny?
How migration shapes the prosperity of countries
Garett Jones
A Radical Proposal After Brexit: End the European Union and Begin Destructive Creation
Why the European Union should start over
Peter Turchin
How America Hates Socialism without Knowing Why
Why are socialist programs so unpopular today?
Lixing Sun
Why Countries Never Thrive Without Activist Government Investment
History shows that economies have never grown through minimizing government involvement in the economy
William Berkson
How Your Savings Plan Fuels an Arms Race on Wall Street
Finding productive places to invest our money
Joanna Masel
Why the Left and Right Can Agree on Taxing Unearned Income
It makes moral and economic sense to tax rent-seeking
Matt Zwolinski
Economist Debunks Huge Free-Market Myth About Government
Why the state must be entrepreneurial
Mariana Mazzucato
Why Are Some Countries Poor and Others Rich?
Social norms and the need for inclusive economies
Louis Putterman
Nick Hanauer and Eric Beinhocker: Capitalism Redefined
What prosperity is, where growth comes from, why markets work
Nick Hanauer, Eric Beinhocker
