The 1950s and 1960s were relatively dull and stagnant with little innovation, so the popular nostalgia that those decades were 'more fair' confuses fairness with a lack of dynamic improvement.

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Speaker

Russ Roberts

Evidence Quote

the fifties and sixties were pretty dull and pretty stagnant and there wasn't a lot of innovation

Source

Bruce Meyer on the Middle Class, Poverty, and Inequality 10/03/2011EconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:20:26 AM

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