Archive - Doomslayer

It’s Time to Shelf the Myths About Food Prices

Measure the time needed to earn the money to pay for a meal. That’s what matters.

Jan 13 • Marian L Tupy and Gale Pooley

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

Faster growth in Africa, a huge new trade deal, the first vaccine for a deadly bat virus, and more.

Jan 11 • Malcolm Cochran

The Misdiagnosis of American Mental Health

Chris Ferguson joins Adam Omary to discuss American mental health, cognitive biases, and the dangers of narrative overreach.

Jan 10 • Adam Omary and Christopher J Ferguson, Ph.D.

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Why Your Groceries Are Cheaper than Kevin McCallister’s

Since 1990, grocery abundance has increased by 43.2 percent for blue-collar workers.

Jan 6 • Gale Pooley

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

2025 in review. Plus a free trade island, new research on inequality and mental health, and more.

Jan 4 • Malcolm Cochran

December 2025

Our Editor’s 2025 End-of-Year Missive

Another year comes to an end and, judging by some of America’s smartest commentators, it shan’t be missed.

Dec 31, 2025 • Marian L Tupy

Doomslayer: 1,084 Reasons the World Isn’t Falling Apart

A list of all the good news we collected this year.

Dec 29, 2025 • Malcolm Cochran

How a Century of Progress Changed Christmas

Why O. Henry would be shocked by holiday giving in 2025.

Dec 24, 2025 • Adam Omary

The Christmas Miracle of Toy Abundance

Get 14.5 toys today for the price of one in 1978.

Dec 22, 2025 • Gale Pooley

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

Agricultural resilience, the fruits of Indian economic growth, a real-world housing policy experiment, and more.

Dec 21, 2025 • Malcolm Cochran

American Poverty Is a Measurement Problem

Bad measurement choices dramatically distort the picture of poverty and inequality in the United States.

Dec 20, 2025 • Marian L Tupy and Scott Winship

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The Psychology of Moral Progress

Our competing moral assumptions are instinctual, but not arbitrary.

Published on The Psychology of Progress • Dec 16, 2025

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