Getting Better

Getting Better

by Charles Kenny

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As the income gap between developed and developing nations grows, so grows the cacophony of voices claiming that the quest to find a simple recipe for economic growth has failed. In sharp contrast, this work reports the good news about global progress. The author, an economist, argues against development naysayers by pointing to the evidence of widespread improvements in health, education, peace, liberty, and even happiness. He shows how the spread of cheap technologies, such as vaccines and bed

ISBN: 9780465031030

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Bill Gates

Bill Gates

Business & Entrepreneurship

"Shines a light on the real successes of aid."

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Steven Pinker

Steven Pinker

Science & Research

"Kenny's earlier book "Getting Better" was a major inspiration for my Enlightenment Now. Also recommended: His new history of pandemics, and his cheeky "Close the Pentagon" (related to Mueller's The Stupidity of War)."

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