[Tolik]

Very Interesting!

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[Valin]

Bump for the morning....looks interesting

[Valin]

The first chapter of the book is called, "The Persistence of Misery In Europe and America Before 1900". What was so miserable about life before the 20th century?

Robert Fogel:
Well first of all it was short. The life expectancy, if I can go back to 1700, was only about 35 years at birth. In 1900, 200 years later, it had increased by about 12 years -- it was in the neighborhood of 47 in Western European countries. And, today it's 77 or 78, so in a century we added 30 years to life expectancy, maybe a little bit more

And some people want to go back to "The good old days." Not me I really like potable water. I like the idea that I only have to work 40 hours a week to live a comfortable life....I could go on.