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The improving state of the world [electronic resource] : why we're living longer, healthier, more comfortable lives on a cleaner planet / Indur M. Goklany.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c2007.Description: vii, 516 p. : illISBN:
  • 9781933995410
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 304.2 22
LOC classification:
  • HD75.6 .G64 2007
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Contents:
Part A. Economic development, technological change, and the human condition -- Introduction -- The improving state of humanity -- Has globalization widened the gaps in human well-being? -- The cycle of progress : factors propelling humanity's progress -- Part B. The effects of economic development and technological change on the environment -- Competing views regarding affluence, technology, and the environment -- Long-term environmental trends -- Are long-term trends consistent with environmental transitions? -- Factors affecting environmental trends -- Part C. Reconciling human well-being with environmental quality -- The promise and peril of bioengineered crops -- Climate change and sustainable development -- Part D. Sustaining the human enterprise -- The future sustainability of human populations -- Extending the limits : the role of economic development, technological change, and free trade.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part A. Economic development, technological change, and the human condition -- Introduction -- The improving state of humanity -- Has globalization widened the gaps in human well-being? -- The cycle of progress : factors propelling humanity's progress -- Part B. The effects of economic development and technological change on the environment -- Competing views regarding affluence, technology, and the environment -- Long-term environmental trends -- Are long-term trends consistent with environmental transitions? -- Factors affecting environmental trends -- Part C. Reconciling human well-being with environmental quality -- The promise and peril of bioengineered crops -- Climate change and sustainable development -- Part D. Sustaining the human enterprise -- The future sustainability of human populations -- Extending the limits : the role of economic development, technological change, and free trade.

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