Five points are used to further their case: progress of key economic sectors, progress of health "leading to increase in life span, shift of wealth to human capital, gains in women's rights, and increase in more hours devoted to non-employment activities such as leisure and family activities. ...
Ever since the beginnings of business and trade between people, there has been a need for a person to provide for himself and in some cases others as well in order to participate in such activities. ... Thomas Malthus in his "Essay on Population" said "it appears, therefore, to be decisive against the possible existence of a society, all the members of which, should live in ease, happiness, and comparative leisure; and feel no anxiety about providing the means of subsistence for themselves and families" as he sited the importance of a society to provide enough food for itself to flourish. ...
