
Blog Post | Cost of Material Goods
In Praise of Obsolescence: The Hidden Wealth in Products That Break
There is a tradeoff between innovation and longevity.
Professor Gale L. Pooley teaches U.S. economic history at Utah Tech University. He is an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute, a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, and a board member of HumanProgress.org.
Blog Post | Cost of Material Goods
There is a tradeoff between innovation and longevity.
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Rising wages beat inflation, especially where markets are left free.
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Blog Post | Cost of Material Goods
Tires today are at least 1,000 times better than their 1920s precursors.
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Blog Post | Scientific Research
Compared to the unaided eye, humans see 100 million times more with microscopes and 375.5 billion times more with telescopes.
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We're getting more energy for less time.
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US corn yields are increasing 3.56 times faster than population.
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Compared to the early 1970s, we get 74 percent more square feet of housing per person, per percent of household income.
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Compared to 1900, we have 8.28 million fewer farmers today with 263.7 million more people. And we live 30 years longer.
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