The Negative Effects of Immigration on the United States

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The typical American household now has three cars. Crime is in a long-term decline, especially at the murder rate. All forms of pollution except for greenhouse gases are in long- term decline. Discrimination against minority group members and women is lowest that it's ever been.

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.