This essay is a testament to the huge success free markets have brought to the world.

Instead of struggling to eke out our existences on farms owned by feudal lords — as we did not so long ago — trade and the specialization of labor has give us a cornucopia of goods and services never before witnessed by humanity.

Productivity through trade and specialization has reached such an acme that money has become available for people not only to think about farfetched things like this but to write computer programs to study them and then write up the results for our amusement.

This is surely a luxury beyond even the wildest imaginations of the lords and ladies of old.