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Nostalgia and Thinking About the Future Can Be Good For You
This article was originally published in Discover Magazine. Research has shown that mental time travel can motivate us, help us cope and even inspire better choices in the present. Do you often find yourself thinking back to the past and reminiscing about different...

Why Nostalgia and Reminiscing is Good for You
This article was originally published in Remento. Life is full of change. And hopefully, it involves personal growth in which we learn lessons that help us become better versions of ourselves. But we also want stability. We want to feel like we know who we are and can...

The real story behind America’s population bomb: Adults want their independence
For much of our history, most humans lived far more perilous lives than we live today. Our challenge is less about our material conditions and more about our mindset. This article was originally published in USA Today. Declining birth rates are a major...

Want to fix student loans? Stop mandating unnecessary education
This article was originally published in the Washington Examiner. A fire of growing student loan debt has been burning for quite a while now, with the latest estimate topping out at $1.7 trillion. Washington has just thrown gasoline onto the fire with student...

The Psychology of Progress
This article was originally published in Discourse Magazine In this installment of a series on liberalism, Benjamin Klutsey, the director of the Program on Pluralism and Civil Exchange at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, talks with Clay Routledge, a...

Patriotism is a crucial ingredient for progress. Here’s why
This article was originally published in Fortune Magazine. We live in highly polarized times. Far-left activists act like the United States is a force for evil in the world, while far-right nationalists act as if they are the sole defenders of the American way of...

On this July Fourth, the American dream is alive and well
This article was originally published in the Washington Examiner. Can we remain hopeful about the future of our nation on the Fourth of July? Can we remain hopeful when we have witnessed multiple shootings in the last two months, extremely high inflation with fears of...

American Dream 2022 Snapshot: The Health and State of the American Dream
Click here to open the PDF in a new tab. The Survey Results Include the Following Five Key Findings:1) As in previous years most Americans, regardless of race, income, or education, believe that they haveeither achieved the American Dream or are on their way to...

Is College Making Young People Less Patriotic? Our Research Says Yes
This article was originally published in Newsweek. As many of us gather this weekend with family and friends for the July 4 holiday, it's worthwhile reflecting on American pride. Although Americans are divided in many ways, our shared positive national identity will...

Louisiana gives workers relief from licensing laws
This article was originally published in the Daily Star. Louisiana has long been an outlier with some of the most onerous licensing laws in the country, but two bills on the governor’s desk offer much-needed reforms. Both House Bill 1062 and HB 639 were passed...
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