It's better than it looks : reason for optimism in an age of fear /: reason for optimism in an age of fear. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gregg Easterbrook.
• Authors: Easterbrook, Gregg
• 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.
• Publisher Details: New York : PublicAffairs
• Publication Date: 2018
• Copyright Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xx, 330 pages)
• Subjects: 306.09; Progress; Quality of life; Civilization, Modern -- 21st century; Economic history; Social history; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781541767683; 1541767683; 9781610397421; 1610397428
• Related ISBNs: 9781610397414; 161039741X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.