A Book of the Year for The Economist and the Observer
Our world seems to be collapsing. The daily news cycle reports the
deterioration: divisive politics across the Western world, racism,
poverty, war, inequality, hunger. While politicians, journalists and
activists from all sides talk about the damage done, Johan Norberg
offers an illuminating and heartening analysis of just how far we have
come in tackling the greatest problems facing humanity. In the face of
fear-mongering, darkness and division, the facts are unequivocal: the
golden age is now.