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Progress Paradox
In The Progress Paradox, Gregg Easterbrook draws upon three decades of wide-ranging research and thinking to make the persuasive assertion that almost all aspects of Western life …
It's Better Than It Looks
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 …
The Progress Paradox
In an illuminating study of the state of the world, the author of The Here and Now explores the question of societal progress to explain why, despite strong evidence that the …
Warum die Welt einfach nicht untergeht
Die Zukunft scheint düster zu sein: Der Klimawandel bedroht das Leben auf der Erde, der soziale Zusammenhalt bröckelt, und unsere Demokratien sind in Gefahr. Alles kein Grund zum …
King of Sports
Gridiron football is the king of sports - it's the biggest game in the strongest and richest country in the world. In The King of Sports, Easterbrook tells the full story of how …
Sonic Boom
What can a spell-checker tell you about economic trends? Why is the world’s supply of ideas about to double? What did America get right in the nineteenth century that it’s getting …
The Leading Indicators
Tom Perrotta meets David Brooks in The Leading Indicators--a powerful modern parable about one American family's fall from grace during the recession Margo and Tom Helot have the …
It's Better Than It Looks: Reasons for Optimism in an Age of Fear
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 …
The Blue Age: How the US Navy Created Global Prosperity--And Why We're in Danger of Losing It
The US Navy brought half a century of peace and free trade to the world's waterways. But climate change and rising nationalism threaten to end this blue age. For decades, the Navy …
The Game's Not Over
Is there anything more universally American than NFL football?Love of the NFL runs deep and broad. It is a primetime TV event on multiple national networks, subsidized by public …