Gregg Easterbrook on the American Standard of Living
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The Progress Paradox
In every family in the United States, there's a recent example of an ancestor who died of something that we laugh at or pay no attention to today. My unexpected lesson has been that the good news scares people or makes them angry. The American media, of course, love bad news, but are actively suspicious of signs of social progress.
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