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The Economist (journal), 33, 79, 226, 239, 240 improvements in, 181–82; and ISI, 270;
ECOWAS (Economic Community of West and NGOs, 357; and Russia, 374; in social
African States), 354, 439n10 market economies, 254; and the state, 115,
Ecuador, 44, 89, 90, 228, 412 243, 326. See also climate; climate change;
Edison, Thomas, 392 global warming
education: and aid, 164, 385; and culture, 312, Equatorial Guinea, 129, 136
313–14; and democracy, 167, 307–9; and Eritrea, 327, 372
development, 163, 266, 267, 268; and energy errors, 1–7, 204, 217, 323; about globalization,
resources, 363; in the future, 334, 394, 416; 79, 96–97; in public debate, 13, 19–20, 23;
and globalization, 93, 339; and GNH, vs. lies, 14, 20–22
269, 272, 413; and HDI, 158, 270, 273; and Esperanto, 411, 413
human capital, 164, 224; improvements Estonia, 102, 118, 142, 201, 438n6
in, 53–54; and Internet, 398, 401, 402; and Ethiopia, 137, 142, 163, 193, 410, 411
ISI, 270; and knowledge-based economies, ethnic confl ict, 303, 316, 373, 405, 408
386, 388, 390; and leisure time, 397; and Europe, East Central, 275, 366; defi ned,
Millennium Development Goals, 274; 429n12; as model, 241; and neoliberalism,
and NGOs, 357; and policy, 309–10; and 211–15
socialism, 162–63; and the state, 245–46; Europe, Eastern, 51, 62, 70, 94, 106, 250, 301;
and women, 285 development in, 59, 60, 64, 66, 207, 315
Egypt, 50, 194, 305, 327 Europe, Western: climate of, 75, 76, 180;
Ehrenburg, Ilya, 308 consumption in, 277, 369; critical thinking
Einstein, Albert, 24–25, 387, 403–4 in, 57; defi ned, 429n12; democracy in, 307;
elections, 167, 169, 185, 268; in Latin America, development in, 43, 60, 66, 67, 128, 135,
138, 182, 208–9; Polish, 216–17, 306; vs. 166, 289, 290, 344; domination of, 74;
democracy, 224, 280, 303, 305–8, 310, 314, GDP in, 58, 59, 428n7; health in, 159;
367 incomes in, 51, 54, 71, 137, 141; and
electrifi 141, 142, 144, 248, 342, 392, interdependence, 94; and migration, 30, cation,
403; and light, 409–10 84, 106, 409; population of, 370, 371, 374,
elites, 15–16, 252, 378; and culture, 102, 311; and 377; role of the state in, 104; vs. early
democracy, 169, 307; and development, 53, China, 61. See also particular countries
262 European Union (E.U.): agricultural subsidies
El Salvador, 65, 137, 164, 168 in, 84, 85; birth rates in, 373; boundaries
emerging economies. See less-developed of, 32, 33; and China, 353, 427n7; and
countries China and India, 235; currency of, 32, 34,
employment: and cheap labor, 105–6; and 117–19, 120, 201, 226, 413, 431n19, 432n21;
consumption, 332; and globalization, 105; defi 189; democracy score of, 168; cits in,
and infl 206; models of, 320; and development in, 31, 38, 344; and ation,
population growth, 264–65; and universal environment, 98, 179, 365; future of, 29,
currency, 123–24; U.S. sectors of, 54–55; of 31–34, 344, 353, 409; and globalization, 89,
women, 284–85. See also unemployment 97, 108, 113; incomes in, 139, 223, 385;
The End of History (Fukuyama), 58 institutions of, 247, 299; Lisbon Agenda
The End of Poverty: How We Can Make It of, 32, 38; living standards in, 152–57;
Happen in Our Lifetime (Sachs), 11 members of, 439n13; migration to, 30;
Engels, Friedrich, 44, 71, 91–92 origins of, 31; and Poland, 219; and
English language, 8, 79, 152, 271, 391, 409, regional groups, 354, 355; and universal
411–12, 418 currency, 121, 122, 123; and U.S., 30, 32, 33,
entrepreneurship, 73, 220, 250, 306, 313, 346; 38, 220–21, 226, 427n3
and coincidence theory, 332; and eurozone, 119, 120, 121–22, 188, 189, 429n12,
motivation, 314–16; and taxes, 258–61 431n21
environment: and capitalism, 293; debate Evita (fi lm), 313
on, 15; destruction of, 76, 174–82; and exchange rates, 195–202; and China, 195, 201,
development, 182, 257, 263, 265, 274, 280, 202, 427n7; and debt, 196, 198–99; and
329, 412; in the future, 343, 358–70, free trade, 352; and globalization, 91, 95;
416; and globalization, 108; and global and interest rates, 196, 197, 201; and
taxes, 369, 415; and GNH, 269, 270; neoliberalism, 252; and Poland, 195,
