It's Getting Better All the Time 100 Greatest

There has been more material progress in the United States in the 20th Century than in the entire world in all previous centuries combined.

Julian Simon was a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and professor of business administration at the University of Maryland.

List of Figures

vii

Foreword

xi

Preface

xv

Acknowledgments

xvii

Introduction

1

(24)

Health

25

(24)

Diets and Nutrition

49

(8)

Wealth

57

(16)

The State of Poor Americans

73

(8)

The State of Children and Teens

81

(10)

The American Worker

91

(14)

Leisure, Recreation, and Entertainment

105

(12)

Housing

117

(12)

Transportation and Communications

129

(16)

Invention, Innovation, and Scientific Progress

145

(6)

The Information Age

151

(8)

Education

159

(12)

Safety

171

(12)

Environmental Protection

183

(12)

Natural Resources: An Age of Abundance

195

(12)

Social and Cultural Indicators

207

(16)

Human Achievement in Sports

223

(8)

The Remarkable Gains by Women

231

(10)

The Decline of Racism

241

(12)

Freedom and Democracy

253

(8)

The American People: The World's Greatest Resource

261

(6)

Notes

267

(20)

Index

287

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