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Foreword to the Paperback Edition | p. ix |
Prologue | p. xiii |
Abandoning Hope | p. 1 |
The Bad News: Diverging Incomes | p. 15 |
The Worse News: It's Hard to Raise Growth Rates | p. 25 |
The Good News: The End of the Malthusian Trap | p. 53 |
The Better News: The Great Convergence in Quality of Life | p. 71 |
The Great News: The Best Things in Life Are Cheap | p. 93 |
Drivers of the Better Life: Innovation and Ideas | p. 113 |
Policies for Quality of Life | p. 149 |
The Global Agenda | p. 175 |
Conclusion: Realistic Optimism | p. 201 |
Acknowledgments | p. 207 |
Notes | p. 209 |
Bibliography | p. 219 |
Index | p. 235 |
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