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“We live in a time of extraordinary wealth. Mark, Mary, and Gale Pooley authored ‘Super Abundance,’ a book that explores this era of unprecedented abundance. They argue that establishments like Starbucks are a testament to this era. For instance, the average calorie count has increased from about 2,800 since my birth to 3,700, suggesting an excess of food availability. Remarkably, you can purchase seven times more food for the same amount of worker hours compared to the past. When measuring in ‘time prices,’ which assess how many hours an average worker needs to work to afford something, the growth in wealth is evident. Even when adjusted for inflation, from 1960 or 1950 to today, the average income has quadrupled. These are all indicators of an extraordinarily prosperous era.” Rand Paul
