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<p>Life is getting better—and at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down — all across the globe. Though the world is far from perfect, necessities and luxuries alike are getting cheaper; population growth is slowing; Africa is following Asia out of poverty; the Internet, the mobile phone, and container shipping are enriching people’s lives as never before. The pessimists who dominate public discourse insist that we wi
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- Author
- Ridley, Matt
- Publisher
- Fourth Estate, Harper
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780007378906
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Economics, Fiction, Science
- Rating
- 3.98 / 5 (4,894 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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