globalization has made available a much wider selection of products and services than people could access in 1929. It is difficult to assign a monetary value to the dizzying variety available to modern consumers relative to past decades. Even if you can have only Chinese food or Mexican food at a given meal, you would probably rather have the choice instead of just one option. This variety has affected countless areas of life. Instead of having three television stations to choose from, we have hundreds. Instead of a few fruits at the supermarket, we get out-of-season fruit flown in from the
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