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Progress
by Johan Norberg
Ten reasons to look forward: food, sanitation, life expectancy, poverty, violence, literacy, freedom. Data-rich optimism in a short book.
Read it if…
you want the case that things got better.
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Skip it if…
you want Hickel's critique; read both.
Try instead: Essays and Lectures →
Three things you will actually use
- Measure before despairing.
- Progress is real.
- Defend what caused it.
Do this first
Read the chapter on poverty.
Our verdict
Norberg's Progress.
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