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442 Index
Asia (continued) in, 136, 191, 194, 289, 325, 361, 388;
and interdependence, 94; Internet in, 142, environment in, 182; fi nancial crisis in,
402; labor from, 106; and Millennium 98; and globalization, 94, 352; income
Development Goals, 275, 276; and disparities in, 137; institutions in, 247; and
neoliberalism, 211; NRI of, 142; and oil, population growth, 381; and regional
359; regional groups in, 354, 408. See also groups, 89; socialism in, 228; social
particular countries programs in, 384–85
Attali, Jacques, 43 Bremer, Paul, 298
Australia: and Asia, 211, 408; defi Bretton Woods system, 352, 357 cits in,
189; development in, 44, 162, 166, 289; British Empire, 111
economic freedom in, 171; income in, 54, Brzezinski, Zbigniew, 236, 351, 405
70; languages in, 411; migration to, 30; Buddha, 50
neoliberalism in, 208; population of, 375; Buddhism, 269, 316
the state in, 104, 245 Bulgaria, 11, 64, 105, 201, 231, 328
Austria, 44, 190, 270 Burkina Faso, 29, 158, 163, 193, 248–49, 427n4
authoritarianism, 304, 305, 307 Burma (Myanmar), 168, 171, 193, 406, 412
automobiles, 27, 28, 393, 394 Burundi, 60, 75, 142, 163, 164, 193, 270, 372
Azerbaijan, 64, 136, 138, 165, 305 Bush, George H. W., 209
Aztecs, 290 Bush, George W., 280, 351
By Force of Thought (Kornai), 22
Baader-Meinhof Gang, 405
Bahamas, 270 calendar, international, 116
Bahrain, 314, 378 Cambodia, 44, 132, 141, 165, 230, 412
Balboa, Vasco Núñez de, 88, 126 Cameroon, 130–31, 142, 149, 193
Balcerowicz, Leszek, 214 Canada, 55, 171, 327; and China, 229; debt of,
Bangladesh, 132, 137, 142, 191, 296, 354, 378 192; development in, 136, 162, 273; and
banking, 75, 81, 95, 96, 191, 209, 244; by cell globalization, 89, 97, 254; neoliberalism
phone, 398–99 in, 208; SWB of, 270
banks, central, 184–85, 188, 190, 199, 201; in Cape Verde, 172
Poland, 219–20 capital: of China and India, 235; in coincidence
Barre family (Niger), 145–52, 159 theory, 322, 331; and communism, 92; and
Bauman, Zygmunt, 41 culture, 254; and debt, 7, 191, 194; and
Belarus, 167, 172, 306, 339, 345, 429n12 democracy, 306; and development, 106,
Belgium, 31, 75, 134, 190, 195, 273, 316 163, 164, 256, 257, 262, 280, 281, 287, 288,
Belize, 44, 168, 172 326, 327; and energy resources, 363; and
Benin, 149, 167, 168, 193 environment, 367–68; and exchange rates,
Berezovsky, Boris, 237 196, 201; and fi nancial crises, 98; fl ow of,
Berlin Wall, 45, 83, 213 182–203, 280, 299, 382; and freedom of
Berlioz, Hector, 44 choice, 81; and the future, 342; and
Berners-Lee, Timothy, 392 globalization, 83, 86, 87, 101, 249; and
Bhutan, 269, 270, 271–72, 348 institutions, 296, 299; international, 7,
biotechnology, 28, 110, 393–94 81, 108, 182–203, 249, 254; and Internet,
Blair, Tony, 208 401; and knowledge, 386, 388; and
Bohemia, 44 liberalization, 86, 209; and neoliberalism,
Bolívar, Simón, 90 211, 223–24, 252, 253; politics of, 251; and
Bolivia, 136, 165, 193, 228; incomes in, 137, 138; poverty, 382, 385; rationality of, 253;
and regional groups, 89, 90; resources of, regulation of, 108; social, 163, 164, 188,
66, 412; stagnation in, 65, 132 266, 326, 327, 331, 386; speculative, 98, 352;
Borneo, 181, 411 and the state, 81, 245, 249; and trade
Bortle Dark-Sky Scale, 410 defi 195–96; transfers of, 88, 194, 380, cits,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, 33, 64, 137, 373 382; vs. GDP, 266; vs. labor, 107, 265; vs.
Botswana, 48, 136, 137, 168, 314, 399, 412 living standards, 257–61; and women, 284
Boulainvilliers, Henri de, 80 capital, human: and aging populations, 377;
Brazil: anti-Americanism in, 226; debt of, 192, and capitalism, 293; in China, 232, 233; and
199; democracy score of, 168; development development, 224, 241, 262, 266, 280, 286;
