It’s also hard to measure environmental factors like air quality is better now than in the 70s (thanks unleaded gas). The challenge is when specific areas that

It’s also hard to measure environmental factors like air quality is better now than in the 70s (thanks unleaded gas). The challenge is when specific areas that are worse off (wages) are lumped together with a general negativity (we’re worse off). I wish there were better metrics, but at least we have tools like CPI. It’s just so tempting to use these data for the wrong analyses and conclusions.