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Weekly Progress Roundup
New poverty estimates, a decline in sex-selective abortion, beaver recolonization, and more.
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Malcolm Cochran
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China’s Rare Earths Aren’t as Rare as You Think
When the country tried to choke off supply of the metals before, the world found ways to adapt.
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Marian L Tupy
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Grim Old Days: Virginia Postrel’s Fabric of Civilization
Beneath today’s abundance of clothing lies a long and brutal history.
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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Weekly Progress Roundup
Trump lifts ban on supersonic flight, wolves multiply in California, cancer researchers present hopeful trial data, and more.
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Malcolm Cochran
We’re Living in a Split-Screen America
The evolution from broadcast news to personalized feeds has fractured how we see the world, but progress is possible.
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Dylan Tweed
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The Declining Time Price of Kilowatt-Hours
We're getting more energy for less time.
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Gale Pooley
5
Weekly Progress Roundup
Astounding progress in cancer treatment, wild cat recovery, a new pig kidney record, and more.
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Malcolm Cochran

May 2025

Progress, Classical Liberalism, and the New Right
Tyler Cowen joins Marian Tupy to discuss the New Right, the relationship between freedom and progress, and whether classical liberalism is equipped to…
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Human Progress
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Cornpreneurs Save Us From Davos Elites
US corn yields are increasing 3.56 times faster than the population.
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Gale Pooley
3
Weekly Progress Roundup
Nuclear policy wins, world-first treatments, clever deregulation, and more.
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Malcolm Cochran
Open Societies and Closed Minds
Marian Tupy speaks with Matt Johnson about historicism, progress, and how tribalism and the “desire for recognition” are testing the foundations of open…
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Human Progress
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US Housing Abundance Has Increased Dramatically
Compared to the early 1970s, we get 74 percent more square feet of housing per person, per percent of household income.
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Gale Pooley
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