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TEN GLOBAL TRENDS THAT EVERY SMART PERSON NEEDS TO KNOW: And Many Others You Will Find Interesting HB

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  • ISBN 9781948647731
  • Author BAILEY & TUPY
  • Pub Date 01/01/2020
Publisher CATO INSTITUTE
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...
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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.

As reviewed by Dr. Stephen McQuoid in July 2021- 'This is not a Christian book, but rather a fascinating snapshot of our world today. I have long been intrigued by the positivism of atheist thinkers such as Steven Pinkler. I also note that Jordan Petersen believes the world is not as bad as the media portrays it to be, and this book illustrates why. The trends being discussed include issues such as health, food production, violence, natural resources, tech, people and work. These trends are not discussed in detail, but rather presented diagrammatically based on credible sources. It all reveals that the world is not it the dire state that some may suppose, and that there is actually much for humanity to be optimistic about. While there is nothing here about the spiritual needs in the world which we know to be extreme, it is nevertheless interesting to note that the apocalyptic doom mongers in our society are probably preaching against the evidence.'

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Publisher: Cato Institute,U.S. (7 May 2020)
Language: English
Hardcover: 208 pages