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How Robot Housekeepers Could Spark a New Baby Boom
The potential of technology to free humanity from the burden of household labor deserves more attention.
Published on Past Imperfect • 
It’s Time to Shelf the Myths About Food Prices
Measure the time needed to earn the money to pay for a meal. That’s what matters.
 • Marian L Tupy and Gale Pooley
Doomslayer: Progress Roundup
Faster growth in Africa, a huge new trade deal, the first vaccine for a deadly bat virus, and more.
 • Malcolm Cochran
1:17:21
The Misdiagnosis of American Mental Health
Chris Ferguson joins Adam Omary to discuss American mental health, cognitive biases, and the dangers of narrative overreach.
 • Adam Omary and Christopher J Ferguson, Ph.D.
Why Your Groceries Are Cheaper than Kevin McCallister’s
Since 1990, grocery abundance has increased by 43.2 percent for blue-collar workers.
 • Gale Pooley
Doomslayer: Progress Roundup
2025 in review. Plus a free trade island, new research on inequality and mental health, and more.
 • Malcolm Cochran
Our Editor’s 2025 End-of-Year Missive
Another year comes to an end and, judging by some of America’s smartest commentators, it shan’t be missed.
 • Marian L Tupy
Doomslayer: 1,084 Reasons the World Isn’t Falling Apart
A list of all the good news we collected this year.
 • Malcolm Cochran
How a Century of Progress Changed Christmas
Why O. Henry would be shocked by holiday giving in 2025.
 • Adam Omary
The Christmas Miracle of Toy Abundance
Get 14.5 toys today for the price of one in 1978.
 • Gale Pooley
Doomslayer: Progress Roundup
Agricultural resilience, the fruits of Indian economic growth, a real-world housing policy experiment, and more.
 • Malcolm Cochran
American Poverty Is a Measurement Problem
Bad measurement choices dramatically distort the picture of poverty and inequality in the United States.
 • Marian L Tupy and Scott Winship
1:01:12
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