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Blog Post | Adoption of Technology
What Ma and Keynes Get Wrong About Progress
Desire for greater material well-being is not a moral failing. Yearning for a better life has driven progress over the past 250 years.
Ryan Bourne is the R. Evan Scharf Chair for the Public Understanding of Economics at the Cato Institute.
Blog Post | Adoption of Technology
Desire for greater material well-being is not a moral failing. Yearning for a better life has driven progress over the past 250 years.
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