Greg Easterbrook is a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution. His most recent book, The Progress Paradox, talks about how economic life in America is getting better and better while people feel worse. He says that on what we can measure statistically, living standards have been rising steadily since the end of World War II. Econ Talk: What do you think? Share your thoughts with us by emailing econtalk@mailonline.org.
Author Gregg Easterbrook talks about the ideas in his latest book, The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse. How has life changed in America over the last century? Is the average person getting ahead or are the rich taking all the gains? Easterbrook argues that life is better for the average American in almost every dimension. The paradox is that despite those gains, we don't seem much happier.