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The world has improved in mind-blowing ways.

Economic growth is more about quality than quantity.

Progress got derailed somewhere between indoor plumbing and the flying car. Why?

We asked our experts where they see the biggest blockers right now for more progress. Essentially, from their various areas of focus, what did they see as the largest impediments to driving progress forward around the world and how they would prioritize the necessary interventions? The answers were appropriately varied from the philosophical to the political to the technological.

About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]

About the project The goal of driving more progress across the world—scientifically, politically, economically, socially, etc—is one shared by many. And yet, debates about the best way to maximize progress […]

If our goal is to effect the greatest possible progress, what would it look like to approach this holistically? What might need to dispositionaly in how we approach solving our most important problems—at an individual level, a community level, or at a civilizational or global one? We asked our experts to think big picture about how what new thinking would be required to create a larger pro-progress framework.

An interview with economist Tyler Cowen on why American progress has seemed to stall and how we can get it back on track.

In 200 years, the mortality rate for children under the age of five (per 1,000 live births) has dropped from 40% to 3.7%.

Understanding the factors behind recent growth could help us better approach inequality.

Some economists predict China's economy will overtake the U.S. economy by 2028.

Historically, periods of mass flourishing are underpinned by technological revolutions. Currently, we are undergoing a technological revolution unlike anything the world has ever seen.

The decline of global poverty is one of the most important achievements in history, but the end of poverty is still very far away.

Is 2022 the year the economy recovers?

Unlike the first Roaring Twenties, these won’t end with a Great Depression.

The results of a recent study counter some common claims found in anti-immigration narratives.

Society incorrectly blamed a "population bomb” for problems that had other causes. A wrong diagnosis produces ineffective solutions.