Research Fellow @HumanProgress @CatoInstitute. @IWF Visiting Fellow. Author, Centers of Progress + Grim Old Days: https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/6Vu4GdM3wd
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The first copies of my book are here!
The result of years of research and writing, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด takes the reader on a tour of a thankfully lost world of bloodletting, filth, destitution, and famine-induced cannibalism.
Pre-order now: a.co/d/0hrciEBm
Listen to Tony on this.
I haven't recommended a book in awhile but after seeing this one discussed on @JonahDispatch 's podcast I bought it and have been devouring it ever since. The author is Chelsea Follett (@chellivia) and she's written a "banger" as the kids say. There is a wealth of fascinating information here and it's encyclopedic in its breadth and depth. This is a great book. Period. And I wholeheartedly endorse Mr. Goldberg's idea that there should be a version for high schoolers and kids ... a sort of "top ten grossest things from the past ..."
This technology could save many of the ~40,000 lives lost yearly to car accidents... if regulators don't block it.
NEWS: A bill to legalize Waymo and other self-driving cars in D.C. is on the legislative rocks, and a key architect is offering some last-minute hail-Mary changes to mollify labor unions in hopes of saving it this year. washingtonsun.com/metro/dc/dโฆ
Very interesting research! Excited to discuss it soon with Justin on the Human Progress Podcast.
Where is opportunity most possible? At @ArchbridgeInst, we just released our new report, Social Mobility Around the World, which scores and ranks 132 countries on the conditions that let people climb the ladder. Co-authored w/ @cl7martinez
I love the series based on ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด in Larry Janesky's @thinkdaily and his insights. "What an opportunity we have. Yet access alone doesnโt make us wiser. We still have to open the book, study the lesson, and put an idea to work."
Give it a read: thinkdaily.com/2026/11/the-gโฆ
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If you missed todayโs book forum for ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด, watch the replay:
What was life really like before economic growth?
Join @chellivia, @emmma_camp_ and @DominicJPino at Cato on November 5 for a book forum on "The Grim Old Days." xitter.twitterapi.xyz/i/broadcasts/2gqvvEJNZโฆ
Be like Nick.
Currently enjoying @chellivia's new book, The Grim Old Days. It really puts into perspective how much of a boon the Industrial Revolution was for humanity.
A new review of ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด from New Zealand: "In her recent historical broadside, ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด, Chelsea Follett takes a sledgehammer to this twee pastoral myth beloved of inner-city Green voting classes and romantic reactionaries alike."
Come tour a thankfully lost world.
What was life really like before modern economic growth? Cato's @chellivia has written the book on it.
"The Grim Old Days" is a tour of a thankfully lost world of bloodletting, destitution, and famine.
Order now:
cato.org/books/grim-old-days
Happy Halloween! Get in the spirit of the season with the chilling true tales in ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด.
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด doubles as a Halloween decoration. Get in the holiday spirit like the festive folks at @reason and put a copy on display.
New excerpt from ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด in @reason on the challenges of marriage in the past. Preindustrial marriage was no fairytale.
Read the excerpt: reason.com/2026/10/29/wives-โฆ
Buy the book: a.co/d/0gxDDxS3
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Check out the new book review of ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฎ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐บ๐ด by @RichardMorrison.
"The Ladyโs Not for RETVRNing."
Read every word: greatcapitalism.substack.comโฆ
Then buy the book: amazon.com/Grim-Old-Days-Intโฆ
Preach! Ending mosquito-borne illness is a severely underrated policy priority.
We have the tools to end mosquito-borne illness. Why don't we use them?
My latest for @WSJFreeEx