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Prefazione di Francesco Giavazzi.
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- Data di uscita: 17-01-2019
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According to Johan Norberg those people who were wearing shades because the future was so bright were right. His introduction is called “The Good Old Days Are Now” and his book is an antidote to the daily news because the news is one of the very few things Johan thinks isn’t getting better. That’s b Leggi tutto
This book is difficult to rate. In my view, it warrants two very different reviews. Review 1: Assuming that Norberg’s intentions are morally innocent, “Progress” must be described as a brilliant, free-flowing, well-supported account of how humankind has managed to improve the world and the way we live Leggi tutto
Johan Norberg, Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future (London, OneWorld, 2016). “Nothing is more responsible for the good old days,” wrote Franklin Pierce Adams, “than a bad memory.” The good old days, in other words, weren’t so good. Indeed, if Johan Norberg is to be believed, the good Leggi tutto
Doom and gloom is everywhere at the moment - ask any politician, on the right or the left. Everything is getting worse day by day. Except this is nonsense. With a barrage of statistics on several key metrics - food, sanitation, life expectancy, poverty, violence, and literacy - Johan Norberg proves t Leggi tutto
Parts I found particularly useful: Agriculture innovation - Page 14: In the early 20th century, the chemists Fritz Haber and Carl Bosch carried out thousands of experiments which resulted in the development of artificial fertilizer, a hugely important agricultural innovation that resulted in an increa Leggi tutto
It is very interesting that most people don't know how much improvement has been made around the world. Only 10% of British people think that poverty has fallen worldwide and more than half think it has doubled. We're getting it wrong more than chance would predict, which means that many of us have
Progress – Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future (2016) by Johan Norberg is an excellent, short summary of recent history that looks at how much better life has become for many more people as the world’s population has grown, lives longer and is richer since the Industrial Revolution. It summari Leggi tutto
Media is the immune system of society. It seeks out possible threats and helps channel resources into dealing with them. But just like the biological immune system, it can go into overdrive and start hurting the thing it's supposed to protect. In today's attention economy, the news are distorted tow Leggi tutto
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