"There are men, in all ages, who mean to exercise power usefully; but who mean to exercise it. They mean to govern well; but they mean to govern. They promise to be kind masters; but they mean to be masters." Daniel Webster

Sunday, December 6, 2009

A Little Cheerful News

Yeah, the economy is in the crapper now, and Bush-Obama policies will take a big bite out of future growth. But economist Steve Horwitz, a former grad school colleague of mine, has some good information on just how well Americans live compared to even the recent past. Bottom line: Even those classified as poor today possess things that even the middle class considered luxuries just 30 years ago.

Economist Don Boudreaux, a former grad school professor of mine, has more.

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