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Author:

Easterbrook, Gregg, author.

Title:

It's better than it looks : reasons for optimism in an age of fear / Gregg Easterbrook.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

PublicAffairs,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

xx, 330 pages ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Progress.
Quality of life.
Civilization, Modern--21st century.
Economic history.
Social history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index.

Contents:

Why don't we starve? -- Why, despite all our bad habits, do we keep living longer? -- Will nature collapse? -- Will the economy collapse? -- Why is violence in decline? -- Why does technology become safer instead of more dangerous? -- Why don't the dictators win? -- How declinism became chic -- The "impossible" challenge of climate change -- The "impossible" challenge of inequality -- We'll never run out of challenges -- And it will never be too late.

ISBN:

161039741X
9781610397414 (hardcover) :

LCCN:

2017048518

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

FGPD194 -- New Hampton Public Library (New Hampton)

GZPE631 -- Pella Public Library (Pella)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)