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  • The War on Poverty is Not Going Like You Think (We’re Actually Winning)

    The War on Poverty is Not Going Like You Think (We’re Actually Winning)0

    Our World in Data put out a chart recently showing positive and perhaps surprising news: the world is winning the fight against extreme poverty. And it is winning in a big way.  The chart, based on data collected by Max Roser, an economist and research fellow at the University of Oxford, shows that the number

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  • The Case Against Unfettered Globalization

    The Case Against Unfettered Globalization0

    There are many ways in which the freedoms that we’ve taken for granted are being taken from us. One of the most egregious is the way in which the rise of globalism has led to the ongoing erosion of national sovereignty. Does this matter? Are nations really necessary in an increasingly globalized economy? Have they

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  • Study: Free Pre-K Doesn’t Give Education Benefits

    Study: Free Pre-K Doesn’t Give Education Benefits0

    The U.S. has been toying with the idea of universal pre-K for a number of years, believing that such a policy will close learning gaps and boost educational achievement. By contrast, the U.K. has plowed ahead with the idea, implementing what is known as the National Childcare Strategy. But a new study suggests that Britain’s

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  • Should Boys be Encouraged to Live Dangerously?

    Should Boys be Encouraged to Live Dangerously?0

    When I was a child, my father regaled me with tales of how he and his friends once formed “The Boys Army” and spent their days creating original inventions and stockpiling weapons in their homemade fort in the woods. As with many forms of play, the thrill came not so much from fighting the “enemy,”

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  • Psychologist: Having Children Makes Us Unhappy, Kills Romance

    Psychologist: Having Children Makes Us Unhappy, Kills Romance0

    Dreaming of getting married, having children, and living happily ever after. You might be in for a rude awakening, according to psychologist Matthew D. Johnston. Johnston, the Director of the Marriage and Family Studies Laboratory at Binghamton University in New York, surveyed decades of research on the psychological effects of raising children and shared his

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  • Magazine Declares the Death of Free Will

    Magazine Declares the Death of Free Will0

    Does free will exist? Even if it does not, we’re better off believing it does. So argues philosopher, writer, and erstwhile diplomat Stephen Cave, in the June issue of The Atlantic. But does that even make sense? That depends on how one defines ‘free will’—a question which Cave addresses only obliquely, and to which I

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