![]() Women have more opportunities, democracy has expanded, and basic human rights are more widely respected than ever before. Far fewer people than ever go hungry, and the world now grows more food than it needs. One billion people around the world have been lifted out of extreme poverty in the last two decades, and although income inequality has worsened within many Western countries, across the globe, income is more equal than it has been in centuries. ![]() Incomes for most families are higher than at any time in history. People are living longer and healthier lives and are better educated than ever before. Levels of war and conflict are near historic lows. Yet by almost any measure, life for most people has been getting better in almost every way. politicians on both the right, such as President Donald Trump, and the left, such as Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, warn that the United States and the world are sliding toward calamity. ![]() ![]() Anyone glancing at a newspaper these days finds a litany of woes: war, crime, disease, terrorism, and environmental disasters, all sandwiched between predictions of the coming collapse of market capitalism and liberal democracy. ![]()
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