Saul Zimet

How Government Lost 15 Million Acres of Public Land in the United States

Leave it to the United States Government to lose track of almost three states worth of public land. Only an…

1 year ago

A Brief History of California’s Eugenics Program (1909-2013)

It is a commonsense view that government spending is generally inefficient compared to spending by private people and businesses. As…

1 year ago

The Authoritarian Implications of Greta Thunberg’s Crusade against Markets

Nobel Peace Prize nominee and Time Magazine’s 2019 “person the year” Greta Thunberg, who has spoken to world leaders at…

1 year ago

What Makes Lina Khan’s Antitrust Vision so Radical—and Why It Will Strangle Tech Startups

Throughout the history of antitrust legislation in the United States, its stated purpose has been to protect consumers from corporations…

2 years ago

Why the Dutch Farmer Protest Is Your Cause, Too

It was a standoff in the province of Friesland in the Netherlands on the evening of July 5. Police fired…

2 years ago

Paul Krugman’s Case for ‘Technological Pessimism’ Is Weak, Lazy, and Wrong

The debate over whether technological progress is ultimately good or bad for humanity just doesn’t seem to go away. From…

2 years ago

Why Economic Degrowth Is Terrible for Everyone—Especially the Poor

The economic growth numbers have come in for the first quarter of this year, and they’re dismal. In the United…

2 years ago

The Flaw in Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying’s Proposal for the Future of Humanity

Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying, evolutionary biologists and visiting fellows at Princeton University, have written a fascinating new book, A…

2 years ago

Three Amazing Benefits That Could Come From the Metaverse

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently released a letter and video announcing the long anticipated new branding of the Facebook umbrella…

2 years ago

What the New York Times Gets Wrong about Automation

Technological automation of industry has accelerated in countless sectors of the economy, from service to manufacturing, since the start of…

3 years ago

Top Global Energy Agency Calls for Phasing Out of All Gas-Powered Cars, Coal-Fired Plants

A report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) proposed a radical policy agenda last month: Immediately end the approval of…

3 years ago

Even the NYT Just Admitted the CDC May Be Broken Beyond Repair

As the COVID-19 pandemic seems in many ways to be winding down, journalists and academics are reflecting on the performance…

3 years ago

Here’s Why Cities Across America Are Spending a Fortune to Tear Down Their Public Highways

A growing movement of local governments and communities across the United States is beginning to grapple with an unfortunate realization:…

3 years ago

The Malthusian Fallacy Paul Krugman Just Fell For

Over the last decade, United States population growth was at its lowest rate since the 1930s, according to a report…

3 years ago

What Elon Musk’s Critics Get Wrong about Colonizing Mars

On May 5, SpaceX successfully launched and landed its reusable rocketship, Starship SN15. This was a landmark achievement for the…

3 years ago