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Markets Are Setting Washerwomen Free
One of the greatest inventions of the industrial revolution.
Jun 11
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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Technological Progress Freed Kids from Hard Labor
Washing machines and tractors freed America's children to receive an education.
Jun 3
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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May 2026
Lessons From Adam Smith’s Edinburgh and Paris
Examining the places where major advances happened is one way to learn about the conditions that foster societal flourishing, human achievement, and…
May 27
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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Was COVID Also an Inequality Pandemic?
COVID slowed but couldn’t stop the fall in global inequality.
May 23
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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When Pregnancy Tests Killed Rabbits
Going down the rabbit hole of history reveals many routine cruelties now left behind thanks to scientific progress.
May 13
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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This Mother’s Day, Celebrate Progress for Mothers and Children
The woman who inspired Mother’s Day lost 9 of her 13 children to now-preventable illnesses.
May 6
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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April 2026
Cardwell’s Cage and How to Break Free
History's cycle of progress and stagnation can be broken.
Apr 29
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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This Earth Day, Progress for Our Species Protects Others
Humanity’s relationship with wildlife is being rewritten.
Apr 22
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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A Reality Check on the Inequality Panic
Calls for wealth redistribution rest on a faulty premise about inequality.
Apr 17
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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Beheading Live Geese Used to Pass for Easter Merriment
Remembering the callous diversions of yore can help put the modern world into perspective.
Apr 9
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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A Grim Tour of Preindustrial New York
The struggles of early New Yorkers are worth remembering.
Apr 4
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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March 2026
The Horrors of Pre-Industrial Farming
The harsh realities of preindustrial farming are at odds with the popular imagination.
Mar 27
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Chelsea Olivia Follett
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