DO CONSUMERS HAVE TOO MANY CHOICES? Virginia Postrel says no, but notes that claims of too many choices seem to be the Next Big Thing in doomsaying. She’s probably right — I’ve noted this book by Barry Schwartz along those lines before.

But all I can say is that I covered this ground years ago. There’s even a model! [Don’t you mean, “It’s only a model”? — Ed. Probably.]