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The Greatest Century That Ever Was - 25 Miraculous Trends of the Past 100 Years

Stephen Moore and Julian L. Simon –
December 15, 1999

The central premise of this study is that there has been more improvement in the human condition for people living in the United States in this century than for all people in all previous centuries of human history combined.  Gigantic strides have been made in living standards in most other parts of the world as well, but not all.