Marian L. Tupy

Dr Marian L. Tupy is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute’s Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity, and Founder and Editor of www.humanprogress.org.

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More People, More Prosperity: The Simon Abundance Index

The Simon Abundance Index 2024 finds Earth’s resources 509% more plentiful than in 1980.

Marian L. Tupy

22 Apr 2024 · 5 min read

Anti-Colonialism's Bad History

Crimes, no matter how heinous, cannot be passed onto the progeny like some modern variant of the original sin, condemning them to unending purgatory.

Marian L. Tupy

13 Apr 2021 · 6 min read

Goodbye to Hong Kong?

Paradoxically, it was Lady Thatcher who, bowing to reality, acceded to the handover of the colony to the communist despots in 1997—with the proviso that Hong Kong would remain autonomous until 2047. Perhaps she thought that time would transform China into a wealthy and free country.

Marian L. Tupy

4 Jun 2020 · 6 min read

Beware Your Innate Pessimist

Coronavirus is deadly, but it is not the bubonic plague, which had a mortality rate of 50 percent.

Marian L. Tupy

17 Apr 2020 · 8 min read

Land Repossessions Were Disastrous for Zimbabwe. Will South Africa Repeat the Same Mistakes?

The frontal attack on property rights of the country’s European farmers wiped out much of Zimbabwe’s export earnings and sent destructive ripples throughout the rest of the economy.

Marian L. Tupy

2 Apr 2020 · 6 min read

How To Think About Our Problems

To plan for problems ahead, such as droughts, was a better survival strategy than expecting an eternity of bountiful harvests.

Marian L. Tupy

19 Feb 2020 · 6 min read

The Battle to Feed All of Humanity Is Over. Humanity Has Won

I suspect that with increased wealth and access to information, Africans, like most people, will eventually find a happy medium between food consumption and healthy living.

Marian L. Tupy

11 Feb 2020 · 5 min read