{"product_id":"9781780749501-progress","title":"Progress","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTen Reasons to Look Forward to the Future\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn the time that it takes you to read the first chapter, \u003cstrong\u003eover 2,000 people will have escaped from poverty\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Book of the Year for \u003cem\u003eThe Economist \u003c\/em\u003eand the \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt’s all over our televisions, newspapers and the internet. Every day we’re bludgeoned by news of how bad everything is – Brexit, financial collapse, unemployment, poverty, environmental disasters, disease, hunger, war. Indeed, our world now seems to be on the brink of collapse, and yet:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWe’ve made more progress over the last 100 years than in the first 100,000\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e285,000 more people have gained access to safe water \u003cem\u003eevery day\u003c\/em\u003e for the last 25 years \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the last 50 years world poverty has fallen more than it did in the preceding 500\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContrary to what most of us believe, our progress over the past few decades has been unprecedented. By almost any index you care to identify, things are markedly better now than they have ever been for almost everyone alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExamining official data from the United Nations, the World Bank and the World Health Organization, Johan Norberg traces just how far we have come in tackling the issues facing our species. While it’s true that not every problem has been solved, we do now have a good idea of the solutions and we know what it will take to see this progress continue. Counter-intuitive, dramatic and uplifting, \u003cem\u003eProgress \u003c\/em\u003eis a call for renewed hope in defiance of the doom-mongering of politicians and the media.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41593638879329,"sku":"9781780749501","price":18.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27362350.jpg?v=1721724261","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781780749501-progress","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}