Welcome to Industrial Progress Report, the official blog of the Center for Industrial Progress. On this blog, CIP intellectuals and guest contributors will share everything from in-depth policy proposals to cutting-edge commentary to inspiring stories about industrial progress around the world.
Ayn Rand on Environmental Issues
If you want to understand today’s “green” movement, there is no better resource than Ayn Rand’s farsighted analysis of the movement and its philosophy in the 1970s. The dinosaur and its fellow-creatures vanished from this earth long before there were any industrialists or any men . . . . But this did not end life on earth. Contrary to the …
John D. Rockefeller, Hero of Industry
The first in our series of Heroes of Industry is John Davison Rockefeller, arguably the most influential figure in the history of industry. He is also one of the most controversial, characterized by many historians as a dangerous “monopolist.” In the articles and lecture below, I tell the true, heroic, and inspiring story of Rockefeller’s rise to greatness—and the amazing impact …
Power Hour: Patrick Michaels on Climate Policy
Download Episode 8 with Patrick Michaels Climate Policy
Power Hour: Eric Dennis on Speculation
Download Episode 7 with Eric Dennis
Power Hour: Tom Tanton on “Alternative Energy”
Download Episode 6 with Tom Tanton
Power Hour: Richard Lindzen on Climate Change
Download Episode 5 with Richard Lindzen