Gregg Easterbrook on the American Standard of Living
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The Disadvantages of the 20th Century
If you could go back into the past, you would find that life was quieter and perhaps less stressful than it is today. The physical beauty of the country might have been greater, but your living standards would have been far lower. Your health outcomes would have been a lot worse. You would have lived a shorter time with far more discrimination, less opportunity, less personal freedom. Just the list goes on and on.
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