Blog Post | Energy & Natural Resources
The Simon Abundance Index 2025
Earth was 518.4 percent more abundant in 2024 than it was in 1980.
Marian L. Tupy
Blog Post | Natural Resource Prices
America’s Commodity Appetite: Evidence of Dematerialization
America's economy has never ceased to crave materials, but it has grown better at extracting more value from less stuff.
Blog Post | Environment & Pollution
Why Modern Humans Distrust Technology
Why do so many people reflexively favour social solutions to climate change while discounting the promise of technological breakthroughs? The answer lies in our evolutionary past.
The Human Progress Podcast | Ep. 59
Scott Lincicome: An Update on the Trump Tariffs
Scott Lincicome joins Marian Tupy to discuss how President Trump's trade policies will affect American prosperity, national security, government revenue, and industry.
Blog Post | Culture & Tolerance
Beyond Zero-Sum Thinking: Love, Like Resources, Does Not Run Out
New study shows us that the idea of “inexhaustibility” applies just as well to intangible assets as to physical ones.
Our Editor’s 2024 End of the Year Missive
Key metrics show that 2024 has been the best year ever, for the world and for our website.
The Human Progress Podcast | Ep. 56
Jon Moynihan: How Europe Can Return to Growth
Jon Moynihan, a businessman, author, and life peer, joins Marian Tupy to discuss why economic growth matters and how the UK and other social democracies can avoid financial collapse, economic stagnation, and long-term deterioration in living standards.
Blog Post | Cost of Material Goods
The Growing Abundance of Finished Goods: 1971-2024
1971 did not mark the beginning of an overall decline in US standards of living.