The stock market is at an all-time high, but we know the economy is still in dismal shape, facing mass unemployment, deficits, a lack of savings, and more. Millions of Americans are still suffering.

But we're all aware of those stories. What we don't hear enough of is what's going right. In a recent interview, I posed that question to Hoover Institute economist Russ Roberts. Here's what he had to say:

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