Consumers love choice, although many hate the idea of a free market. Consumers of all kinds love choice so much that live auction-style, buy-and-sell platforms have become the new free market spaces for many. Whether there is a free market resurgence or a small glimpse of it, platforms such as Whatnot, Property Room, Facebook Marketplace, Sotheby’s, and DealDash, to name a few are bringing free market concepts back into vogue.

Recently, a collective opinion piece published on April 15, 2025 in the French newspaper Le Monde denounced a shortage of many psychotropic drugs essential for the treatment of certain psychiatric problems in France. The list is long and growing by the week:

The process of cultural decay is front of mind for those engaged in the pronatalist movement. The question of how it happens was raised by Robin Hanson in his recent appearance at NatalCon. His goal is to discover what cultural elements have contributed to fertility decline, which he contends will accelerate movement towards a self-destructive way of life.