Read Cato analysis about the state of the world today. We have a lot to be thankful for -- despite media hysteria. Our environment is not getting dirtier, we are not running out of natural resources, and population growth in the world is not the burden nor the threat it is being made out to be.

"The State of Humanity: Good and Getting Better," by Julian L. Simon and Sheldon Richman, Cato Daily Commentary, November 11, 1996.

Hoodwinking the Nation, by Julian L. Simon, 1999.

"Natural Resources Aren't Finite," by Julian L. Simon, Cato Daily Commentary, March 4, 1997.

"Rebutting the Doomsayers: Human ingenuity is the ultimate resource," Cato Policy Report, November/December 1996.

"Julian Simon Remembered: It's a Wonderful Life," by Stephen Moore, Cato Policy Report, March/April 1998.

"Digging Deeper Into the Soil Erosion Scam," by Julian Simon

"The Increasing Sustainability of Conventional Energy," by Robert L. Bradley Jr., Cato Policy Analysis No. 341, April 22, 1999.

Clearing the Air: The Real Story of the War on Air Pollution, by Indur M. Goklany, 1999.