Thank Goodness for Capitalism

05/11/2010 Jonathan M. Finegold Catalan

There are thousands of people around the world wishing to live in the average American household, where bread is just a fraction of one’s income instead of the day’s main objective. What is it about the First World that allows its citizens such luxury, writes Jonathan M. Finegold Catalan.

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