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As a counter point, this post by Matthew Yglesias might be interesting. Basically makes the case that the standard of living today is significantly higher than
by czhu12 3y ago
As a counter point, this post by Matthew Yglesias might be interesting. Basically makes the case that the standard of living today is significantly higher than back then, and we wouldn’t be okay living today like we did back then.
https://www.slowboring.com/p/nostalgia-economics-is-totally-wrong https://www.slowboring.com/p/nostalgia-economics-is-totally-...
- tonymet 3y agosure but when you add it up it doesn't feel like much. an additional car and some luxuries. And it doesn't account for qualities that have degraded. it assumes that since we have more possessions that life is better.