Archive - From Poverty to Progress

Where does ideology come from?

And how it interferes with making the world a better place

Published on From Poverty to Progress • Feb 20

DEI is political patronage for the Democratic party

that replaces the older patronage of urban party machines.

Feb 19 •

Rise of the European predatory empires

And how they crushed fledgling Commercial societies

Feb 18 •

How the Democrats have changed since the 1960s

The definition of Liberal has completely transformed.

Feb 17 •

DEI policies do not compensate for discrimination

And they tear down the effectiveness of the institutions that we count on.

Feb 14 •

How geography shaped East Asian history

And made China one of the most dominant civilizations in world history.

Feb 13 •

Green Energy policies failed to lower global carbon emissions in 2024 yet again

And we have fallen even further behind on achieving Global Netzero by 2050.

Feb 12 •

Trump can unleash a massive economic boom

But he and Congress must implement the correct policies within the next 15 months

Feb 11 •

Will Substack writing become "winner-take-all?"

Power Laws are everywhere; can Substack avoid them?

Feb 10 •

Navigating the confusing Substack UI

which Substack will hopefully soon correct... right?

Feb 7 •

How the suburbs accelerated integration and upward mobility

And why urban advocates for density refuse to acknowledge this fact.

Feb 6 •

The Dutch Republic was extremely rich for its time

and it took a long time for industrialized nations to surpass its per capita GDP

Feb 5 •

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