Tag: affluent society

Economists in the Wild

Apr 29, 2011

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by

mwkruse

in Capitalism and Markets, Economic Development, Environment, Great Divergence, Human Progress

Acton Commentary: Economists in the Wild … The rapid material advance of the last 200 years has provided more comfortable lives in several meaningful ways: It has led to longer lifespans, conquest of diseases, and the ability of the human population to grow more rapidly and securely than at any time in previous history. (It…