Archive - Doomslayer

Earth Day’s Bad Bet Against Humanity

The Malthusian mind does not see the human capacity to cooperate, trade, discover, invent, and adapt.

14 hrs ago • Marian L Tupy

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

Appalachian lithium reserves, heat-resistant corals, a desalination record, and more.

May 3 • Malcolm Cochran

Two Centuries of Increasing Paper Abundance

Abundance doesn’t come from good intentions; it comes from innovation.

May 1 • Gale Pooley

April 2026

Why Our Economic Intuitions Are Often Wrong

Such tendencies stem from our evolutionary psychology.

Apr 29 • Adam Omary

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

US inter-generational upward mobility persists, along with Moore's Law, African elephant genetics, and the Przewalski’s horse.

Apr 26 • Malcolm Cochran

America's Turn Against Markets

Samuel Gregg joins Chelsea Follett to discuss the rise of a more interventionist economic consensus and the case for markets in modern America.

Apr 25 • Chelsea Olivia Follett

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The Simon Abundance Index 2026

Earth was 536.4 percent more abundant in 2025 than it was in 1980.

Apr 22 • Marian L Tupy and Gale Pooley

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

Rainforest resilience, falling college prices, improvements in organ recovery, and more.

Apr 19 • Malcolm Cochran

A Reality Check on the Inequality Panic

Calls for wealth redistribution rest on a faulty premise about inequality.

Published on Past Imperfect • Apr 17

Psychiatric Overdiagnosis: The Price of Prosperity?

Abundance, loose criteria, and perverse healthcare incentives turned normal struggles into a diagnosable epidemic.

Apr 15 • Adam Omary

Doomslayer: Progress Roundup

The first vaccine for hookworm, a one-shot treatment for congenital deafness, advances in gene-editing, and more.

Apr 12 • Malcolm Cochran

The End of the Housing Affordability Crisis

The decline of housing affordability has been a policy choice.

Apr 10

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