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Eli Dourado on Abundance and Collapse
A new movement is taking shape around the idea of restoring "abundance." Uniting thinkers from across the political spectrum — including "supply-side…
Jul 16, 2024
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June 2024
From blog to book
I’m delighted to announce that I’ve signed a contract with Oxford University Press to turn The Permanent Problem into a book.
Jun 25, 2024
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May 2024
Tim Carney on America's "Family Unfriendly" Culture
Birth rates are plummeting around the globe, as half the world's population now lives in countries with sub-replacement fertility rates.
May 6, 2024
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The curse of presentism
Back in the late 1980s, I watched a PBS special on the human mind and learned about the terrible fate of Clive Wearing, a man unable to make new…
May 2, 2024
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April 2024
Richard Reeves on the Troubles of Boys and Men
Over the past half-century, societies around the world have made great strides in elevating the status of women and expanding their educational and…
Apr 9, 2024
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March 2024
Virginia Postrel on the Future and Its Changing Enemies
What determines our visions of the future, and how those visions change over time?
Mar 7, 2024
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February 2024
Thoughts on Edmund Phelps and Mass Flourishing
In these essays I have used various turns of phrase to describe success in dealing with the permanent problem.
Feb 20, 2024
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James Pethokoukis on Up Wing vs. Down Wing
"We wanted flying cars, instead we got 140 characters." Peter Thiel's famous complaint hearkens back to the middle of the 20th century, when high…
Feb 6, 2024
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January 2024
Robin Hanson on Declining Fertility
Since we’ve both been writing a lot about the topic recently, Robin Hanson invited me to sit down and chat with him about the global fertility decline…
Jan 24, 2024
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Robin Hanson on Declining Fertility
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Weird Scenes from a Shrinking Planet (Part 2)
I set out to write an essay on falling fertility and the implications of population decline — but one essay turned into two, and now two have turned…
Jan 22, 2024
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Weird Scenes from a Shrinking Planet (Part 2)
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Weird Scenes from a Shrinking Planet (Part 1)
In my last essay I returned to the subject of the global fertility collapse, the unexpected and underappreciated trend that in my view confronts us with…
Jan 16, 2024
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Depopulation and Decadence
“I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible that you may be mistaken.”
Jan 10, 2024
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