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Nov 28, 2024 | 
cato.org | Chelsea Follett
Generated with ElevenLabs AI technology. This Thanksgiving comes in the wake of an emotional election that left some celebrating and others mourning. In such a charged political moment, it can be hard to focus on the big picture.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
memo.com.ar | Chelsea Follett |Argüello y Bitar |Hernan Bitar
Mucha gente supone que antes de la época de la ganadería industrial, el ganado vivía en paz y felicidad, con un entorno prístino y espacioso, hierba fresca para consumir y un trato amable por parte de los bondadosos granjeros familiares, al menos hasta el momento del sacrificio. Lamentablemente, la realidad de la vida de los animales de granja en la era preindustrial e industrial distaba mucho de esta imagen.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
humanprogress.org | Saul Zimet |Chelsea Follett
Summary: The realities of preindustrial farming were far harsher than the romanticized vision of peaceful rural life often imagined today.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
cato.org | Chelsea Follett
After a dog latched onto a bull with its teeth, the dog breeders would sometimes hack off the dog’s feet to test the canine’s toughness. “During a bull-baiting contest, the feet of the bulldog were chopped off to show gameness. This was done for the benefit of the spectators, and to put a higher value on the price of the pups of this dog.
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Oct 1, 2024 | 
humanprogress.org | Saul Zimet |Adam Smith |Chelsea Follett
Summary: Human progress has lifted living standards worldwide, with people living longer, becoming wealthier, and enjoying greater political freedom. Contrary to popular belief, this progress has been widely shared, with globalization and market liberalization raising living standards and reducing overall inequality.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
humanprogress.org | Saul Zimet |Chelsea Follett
Summary: James Salzman’s book explores the fascinating and often dangerous history of water consumption, from ancient Rome to 18th-century New York. The book shows how premodern superstitions influenced the culture around drinking water, and the widespread contamination of drinking water in preindustrial cities. Salzman explains the historical mistrust of water, as people sought safer alternatives like beer and wine due to the perils of polluted water sources.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
humanprogress.org | Saul Zimet |Chelsea Follett
Summary: Kirstin Olsen’s book Daily Life in 18th-Century England captures a period of tremendous change, highlighting the stark differences in living conditions between 1700 and 1800. The 18th century saw advancements like the development of effective steam engines and profound new scientific knowledge, which led to improved comfort even for the poor by 1800.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
econlib.org | Scott Sumner |Edward Lopez |Chelsea Follett
The US economy has never had a soft landing. It is possible that we are about to have one. If so, it will likely be due to the fact that a massive surge in immigration has provided a big soft pillow for the economy to land on.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
econlib.org | Edward Lopez |James M. Buchanan |Chelsea Follett |Pierre Lemieux
In this Future of Liberty discussion, Governor Mitch Daniels interviews Philip Hamburger, legal scholar and founder of the New Civil Liberties Alliance, about the administrative state. The two agree that federal agencies have committed at least two sets of sins. First, they have unduly and unnecessarily violated the rights of citizens, and second they have done so on shadowy constitutional grounds. Professor Hamburger attributes the rise of the administrative state to two intertwined factors.
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Jul 25, 2024 | 
cato.org | Chelsea Follett
Well-being is multifaceted. Attempts to measure it should include income but should also recognize the complexity of the topic and avoid focusing myopically on income. July 25, 2024 • Commentary This article appeared in The Library of Economics and Liberty on July 24, 2024. This is part two of three-part series. In part one of this series, I discussed different kinds of inequality and which ones we should be concerned about.
