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German politicians were warned that this would happen. They saw it coming. And they continued anyway. https://t.co/1U1jzUw4Uy

This superb article on the economics, possibilities, (& morality?) of various forms of energy is highly instructive & v interesting. (Trigger warning: Contains rationality.) Ridley: Nuclear Fusion Could Provide Unlimited Energy https://www.humanprogress.org/nuclear-fusion-could-provide-unlimited-cheap-energy/

To haters of capitalism, know this: in 1956 it took 217 hours of work (at avg blue collar wages) to buy a refrigerator. Today it takes 16 hours!

Rajapaksa’s disastrous fertilizer ban wasn’t revealed to him in a dream. It was inspired by Malthusian environmentalists who seek to distort markets to further their environmental and social justice goals. https://t.co/KVqwuzJnAh

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

Food consumption in Cuba declined by 12% between the 1950s & 1990s. In Chile, it rose by 19% and in Mexico by 28%. http://buff.ly/2k0fplJ

I love this. https://t.co/tqDVtp4luR

Free enterprise and innovation have done more to uplift humanity from a state of universal poverty than any international aid program or welfare scheme. http://buff.ly/2ghQxo2

No compulsion or control, please. #QOTD #liberty

Violence makes the news precisely because it is so rare; kindness doesn't because it is so common. Learn more: http://buff.ly/2eFRTUC