●Benjamin M. Friedman, “Moral Consequences of Economic Growth: The John R. Commons Lecture 2006(pdf)”(American Economist, vol.50(2), Fall 2006, pp.3-8) For those of us who are blessed to live in a society where the average standard of living is far beyond anything our ancestors historically could have imagined, therefore, the question remains: Why should we, and why do we, care about rising income