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The earth has its problems, but a lack of resources is not one of them
“Is it OK to still have children?” That’s a question that bothers the environmental consciousness of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Comedian Bill Maher thinks that he has the answer. “The...
View ArticleHollywood’s apocalypse obsession ignores the reality of human progress
On his immensely popular HBO show last Friday, the host of Real Time with Bill Maher observed, “Not every movie set in the future has to be a super clean utopia or a smouldering post apocalypse.”...
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America is in the grip of a living standards myth
Back in May, a young American called Akki caused a minor Twitterstorm by seemingly showing what many pundits in the US media frequently assert – that ordinary Americans are worse off today than they...
View ArticleThe planet’s future is too important to leave to the catastrophists
On March 7, 2009, Prince Charles warned that humanity had just 100 months to save the planet from irreversible damage caused by climate change. By my count, Charles’ deadline expired on March 7, 2017....
View ArticleA progressive president will not change Slovakia’s rotten politics
With the support of the Atlas Network, CapX is publishing a new series of essays, podcasts and interviews on the theme of Illiberalism in Europe, looking at the different threats to liberal economies...
View ArticlePrince Harry is wrong about overpopulation
Interviewing the British primatologist and anthropologist Dr. Jane Goodall in Vogue magazine (where else?), Prince Harry noted his love for nature and his determination to ensure that the planet is...
View ArticleWhy are we not seeing a revolution in Zimbabwe?
“We can’t go on like this.” Thus began a newsletter written on August 19 by Eddie Cross, a member of Zimbabwe’s parliament and one of the founders of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change....
View ArticleHow prosperity drives the environmentalist frenzy
Scan the newspapers or watch the evening news, and you’ll quickly realise that environmental concerns are most keenly felt in rich countries, the citizens of which typically enjoy the best quality...
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Verhofstadt is wrong to fear a European Singapore
Earlier this month Guy Verhofstadt, the Belgian MEP and Brexit coordinator, tweeted that the European Parliament “will never accept the UK can have all the advantage of free trade, and not aligning...
View ArticleBotswana’s success is remarkable – and it’s down to capitalism
Classical liberalism, as the economist Deirdre McCloskey argued in her trilogy The Bourgeois Era, was chiefly responsible for the Great Enrichment in Western Europe and North America. However its main...
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