MONEY Future scholars, using computers to sort the masses of data now being gathered, may, for the first time, be able to write the full story of the fac- tors that determine success or failure in the pursuit of material well-being in America. Such a synthesis would be an invaluable addition to existing ac-counts, some of which are described below, of how Americans earn and spend and change their economic status. Most professional journals and text-books on economics give more attention to growth,...