In The Tank (Ep224) – 2020: Is Life Getting Easier or Harder? Future of EVs

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In this edition of the In the Tank Podcast, Isaac is joined by Donny “Give me Free Stuff” Kendal, and Jim Lakely of The Heartland Institute. The gang discusses how humanity flourished in the 2010s. Extreme poverty was cut in half, the child mortality rate has reduced by a third, and 28% of all wealth was produced. But does that translate to life in America? Considering rising health care costs, college costs, housing prices, and the general rise in cost of living, we explore the question: is life getting harder in America?

2020: IS LIFE GETTING HARDER OR EASIER?

EASIER

Human Progress – The Counter-Intuitive Truth About the World’s Resources
humanprogress.org/article?p=1612

Global Warming Policy Forum – We’ve Just Had The Best Decade in Human History
www.thegwpf.com/matt-ridley-weve-…istory-seriously/

HARDER

Forbes – America’s Housing Affordability Crisis Only Getting Worse
www.forbes.com/sites/brendaricha…rse/#3c4ea615104b

Heritage Foundation – How Obamacare Raised Premiums
galen.org/assets/BG3291.pdf

Mercatus Center – Government Policy and Tuition in Higher Education
www.mercatus.org/publications/gov…higher-education