Toussaint Louverture, François Dominique,   1743-1804 <br/><br/>
It's better than it looks :  reasons for optimism in an age of fear / 
Gregg Easterbrook. 
 - First edition. 
 - xx, 330 pages ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index. 
<br/><br/>Why don't we starve? --<br/>Why, despite all our bad habits, do we keep living longer? --<br/>Will nature collapse? --<br/>Will the economy collapse? --<br/>Why is violence in decline? --<br/>Why does technology become safer instead of more dangerous? --<br/>Why don't the dictators win? --<br/>How declinism became chic --<br/>The "impossible" challenge of climate change --<br/>The "impossible" challenge of inequality --<br/>We'll never run out of challenges --<br/>And it will never be too late. 
<br/><br/> Is civilization teetering on the edge of a cliff? Or are we just climbing higher than ever? Most people who read the news would tell you that 2017 is one of the worst years in recent memory. We're facing a series of deeply troubling, even existential problems: fascism, terrorism, environmental collapse, racial and economic inequality, and more. Yet this narrative misses something important: by almost every 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781610397414 (hardcover) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2017048518 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Progreso<br/>Calidad de vida <br/>Civilización moderna--Siglo XXI<br/>Historia económica<br/>Historia social 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM 891  / E13i 2018 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.09