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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: The longstanding income divide between rich and poor nations worldwide is hardly new, indeed.
Chapter 3: No single golden rule can reliably put any country on the path to economic development today.
Chapter 4: Worldwide, we are witnessing rapid, historically unprecedented progress in the quality of life today.
Chapter 5: The essentials to improve quality of life are now cheaper and more widely available than ever before globally.
Chapter 6: Quality of life matters more than income-driven development overall.
Chapter 7: Development policies should back quality-of-life improvements.
Chapter 8: The global community, and especially rich nations, should support the developing world.
Description
As pessimists talk of an economic development crisis, author Charles Kenny is optimistic in his assessment that in fact, all over the world, we’ve made enormous progress in overall quality of life. Getting Better shows that the spread of technology and ideas has fostered a revolution of happiness and standard of living unprecedented in human history. Kenny provides evidence to make us enthusiastic about the progress we’ve attained so far, and offers suggestions on what is to be done if we want to keep this progress alive.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in international politics and development aid
- Anyone looking for a fresh and optimistic outlook on the world
- Anyone interested in economics and global development