Badged for your comment not so much the piece. I have a few things to say and maybe I'll have the time to say them later.
Thanks, cgod. I look forward to your perspectives. I am reading the sample chapters and find much to like, though I am still perplexed by the insistence that the great improvements in life quality can only be made once. Going from no washing machine to washing machine is more helpful than going from antiquated washing machine to modern washing machine, sure. And today people buy modern washing machines. We are still enjoying the original improvement, plus a little more.the transition from the scrub board to the automatic washing machine was a more important contributor to consumer welfare than the shift from manual to electronic washing machine controls or from a twelve-pound tub to an eighteen-pound tub.