Given the overall condition of the human race during most of the history of the civilized world, you would think that simply not having bubonic plague would be enough to put most of us in cheerful moods — but, no, we want a hot tub too.
That’s from The First National Bank of Dad, by David Owen, a delightful and short book mostly about teaching your children financial literacy, but about a great deal more too. Russ Roberts interviewed the author in a recent episode of EconTalk.
