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Victor Davis Hanson on American Wealth and the Attitute Toward It

January 5th, 2007 | 2 min read

By Matthew Lee Anderson

I love classists as a wanna be classicist myself. Therefore, I love Victor Davis Hanson because he is a classist. And what's more, he can critique social issues accurately and with the wisdom of the West on his side.

So I was intrigued by his Christmas day post about American wealth. He argues that 1) the U.S. has not received enough credit in fighting poverty because standards of living are higher now than they were in the '60's based on his own anecdotal evidence* and,at the same time, 2) that Americans' desire for luxuries are out-of-control and should be a subject of political debate.

Here's a few of his compelling paragraphs:

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Matthew Lee Anderson

Matthew Lee Anderson is an Associate Professor of Ethics and Theology in Baylor University's Honors College. He has a D.Phil. in Christian Ethics from Oxford University, and is a Perpetual Member of Biola University's Torrey Honors College. In 2005, he founded Mere Orthodoxy.

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