A counter argument can be found in the book "The end of history and the last man". It puts forward the idea that technology improves at the greatest rate in a f

A counter argument can be found in the book "The end of history and the last man". It puts forward the idea that technology improves at the greatest rate in a free market democracy because the professional classes are at their most effective. Link to the book: http://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550/ http://www.amazon.com/End-History-Last-Man/dp/0743284550/ I disagreed with parts of the book but it stimulated the way I think about such subjects.