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November 2025

Housing Amenity Abundance
Compared to 1956, we now enjoy 532 more square feet per person, homes packed with 3.7 times more amenities, and all of it for about 24 percent less time…
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The Most Affordable Thanksgiving Dinner In 40 Years
Today's blue-collar workers enjoy a Thanksgiving dinner for 10.6 minutes of time compared to 19.3 minutes in 1986.
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David McCullough on American Innovation
We solve problems differently
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Light Has Burst Forth in Astonishing Abundance
Personal light abundance has increased by 14,697,900 percent since 1830, while population increased by 583 percent. That means light abundance has…
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Baby Car Seat Abundance
The time price of a baby car seat is down 78.4% since 1981. You can have quadruplets today and still have money left over.
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October 2025

Baby Diaper Abundance
The time price of a Huggies diaper is down 56% since 1981, so diapering twins today costs 8% less than diapering a single baby back in 1981.
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Iceland Podcast
An opportunity to talk to the leading economics podcast in Iceland
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Iceland: More Entrepreneurs or More Bureaucrats?
Innovation has served Iceland for 1,150 years. Why surrender to Brussels now?
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Why Simple Everyday Objects Are Impossible to Make
A great video about knowledge and economic growth and why we’re all billionaires:Gale Winds is a reader-supported publication.
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Buy The Shoe Or Buy The Label On the Shoe?
You should compare "utility" over time, not the popularity of a particular brand name.
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