12/11/2008 9:41:52 am
The Road to Prosperity. Economic crises can be tough for many people. But still, in the longer perspective, the crises are just small bumps on the road to further prosperity. Below is the GDP per capita in the US 1850-2007. A remarkable development; it has increased from below $ 2000 per person and year to $ 38 000. This goes to show what a prosperity machine the free economy is - and that this change demands for the old to continuously go away and leave space for the new.