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Stop saying 2017 (like 2016) was the worst year ever. Notwithstanding you-know-who, Marian Tupy's http://HumanProgress.org recounts 82 amazing developments of the year.

"Math Gone Mad: Regulatory Risk Modeling by the Federal Reserve" via @CatoInstitute. What do you think of the Fed's stress tests? http://bit.ly/2A2Eiq9 #Banks #CentralBanks

Chelsea Follett of http://HumanProgress.org reminds her fellow Millennials why they should stop admiring Stalin.

The astonishing, and astonishingly unappreciated, progress in human well-being over the last 3 decades.

How economic prosperity spared witches (poverty & lethal superstitions often go together). https://usat.ly/2zLTHpX via @usatoday

Does the US really need 800 overseas military bases in more than 70 countries? https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/withdrawing-overseas-bases-why-forward-deployed-military-posture … via @CatoInstitute

Chelsea Follett of @humanprogress: Data Give Hope After Charlottesville Violence. https://t.co/nrYjV7GtN0

A sober analysis of the strategic failures of the US "Global War on Terror." https://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/step-back-lessons-us-foreign-policy-failed-war-terror via @CatoInstitute

Forty ways the world is getting better. https://t.co/esfRhhazMq

If you were born after the end of communism, ihere's a reminder of why it failed by someone who lived through it. https://t.co/GdCYibbGGX