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008			171117s2018 nyu b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9781610397414 (hardcover)
020			_z161039741X (hardcover)
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050	0	0	_aHM 891 _bE13i 2018
082	0	0	_a306.09 _223
100	1	0	_aToussaint Louverture, François Dominique, _d1743-1804 _q(Gregg Edmund), _910129
245	1	0	_aIt's better than it looks : _breasons for optimism in an age of fear / _cGregg Easterbrook.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bPublicAffairs, _c2018.
300			_axx, 330 pages ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 289-317) and index.
505			_aWhy 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.
520			_aIs 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
650		4	_aProgreso _910576
650		0	_aCalidad de vida _91121
650		4	_aCivilización moderna _ySiglo XXI _93089
650		4	_aHistoria económica _928
650		4	_aHistoria social _91528
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