Wonder Information Tag

Image credit: istockEssaysFeaturedvia Socialism and Free Market Capitalism: The Human Prosperity ProjectHoover Daily ReportAs of 2020, many Americans—particularly but not exclusively the young—remain intrigued by socialism. Indeed, a 2019 survey found that socialism is as popular as capitalism among young American adults. Well-known political figures such as...

Up here in Maskachusetts, in the Berkshire Hills, we have a new form of fascism that might well be called “phasism” as our Governor Charlie Baker phases out our freedoms and our economic life. Banning music and theater and Tanglewood concerts and tennis tournaments and...

(Don Boudreaux) Tweet… is from page 56 of the late Hans Rosling’s 2018 book, Factfulness: The misconception that the world is getting worse is very difficult to maintain when we put the present in historical context. DBx: Regular readers of this blog know how deeply I agree...