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"I would say that learning this material ... has lifted some of the
existential weight from me. Things aren't as bad as they are
trumpeted to be. In fact, they're quite a bit better, and they're
getting better, and so we're doing a better job than we thought.
There's more to us than we thought. We're adopting our
responsibilities as stewards of the planet rapidly. We are moving
towards improving everyone's life." --Jordan B. Peterson, Beyond
Order: 12 More Rules for Life Think the world is getting worse?
You're wrong: the world is, for the most part, is getting better.
But 58 percent of people in 17 countries that were surveyed in 2016
thought the world is either getting worse or staying the same
rather than getting better. Americans were even more glum: 65
percent thought the world is getting worse and only 6 percent
thought it was getting better. The uncontroversial data on major
global trends in this book will persuade you that this dark view of
the prospects for humanity and the natural world is, in large part,
badly mistaken.World population will peak at 8 to 9 billion before
the end of this century as the global fertility rate continues its
fall from 6 children per woman in 1960 to the current rate of 2.4.
The global absolute poverty rate has fallen from 42 percent in 1981
to 8.6 percent today. Satellite data show that forest area has been
expanding since 1982. Natural resources are becoming ever cheaper
and more abundant. Since 1900, the average life expectancy has more
than doubled, reaching more than 72 years. Of course, major
concerns such as climate change, marine plastic pollution, and
declining wildlife populations are still with us, but many of these
problems are already in the process of being ameliorated as a
result of the favorable economic, social, and technological trends
that are documented in this book.You can't fix what is wrong in the
world if you don't know what's actually happening. Ten Global
Trends Every Smart Person Should Know will provide busy people with
quick-to-read, easily understandable, and entertaining access to
surprising facts that they need to know about how the world is
really faring.
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Imprint: |
Cato Institute,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
April 2020 |
Authors: |
Ronald Bailey
• Marian L Tupy
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Dimensions: |
173 x 259 x 23mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
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Pages: |
208 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-948647-73-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
General
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LSN: |
1-948647-73-7 |
Barcode: |
9781948647731 |
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