Index 453
future of, 408; and globalization, 102; Nazism, 81
health in, 159; history of, 51; investment by, Neanderthals, 46, 47
189; and migration, 379, 409; and oil, 68, Neocolonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism
359; population growth in, 370; reforms (Nkrumah), 82
in, 301; regional groups in, 354; trade neoconservatism, 16, 223, 225, 227, 241
surpluses in, 187; and universal currency, neoliberalism, 7–8, 204–55; on capital, 211,
121; and U.S., 226, 279. See also particular 223–24, 252, 253; and capitalism, 104, 228,
countries 311; and central banks, 190; in China,
migration: and Africa, 29, 83, 84, 379, 409; 229–34; and corruption, 244–45; on
efforts to stop, 374, 380; and Europe, 30, development, 281; and ends vs. means, 323;
84, 106, 409; free, 299, 379–80; in the and environment, 369; failure of, 37,
future, 343, 346, 370, 372, 373, 374, 375, 254–55, 308; on foreign exchange reserves,
409, 414; and globalization, 101, 109, 188; and globalization, 110, 126, 249–55;
379–80; history of, 377–78; and human good points of, 242, 244; on income
capital, 379, 382; of labor, 38, 83–84, 122, distribution, 222, 236, 252–53, 302, 382; in
299, 377, 379; and population, 372, 373, India, 234–35; on labor, 83, 107, 207,
377–81, 414; and potential revolution, 108; 223–224, 225, 252; in Latin America, 108,
and poverty, 145, 383; and terrorism, 405; 211, 228, 384; and liberalization, 209, 240,
to U.S., 30, 83, 374, 377 250, 406; lies of, 174, 217, 242; on markets,
Millennium Development Goals (U.N.), 16, 104, 208, 224; and measures of
273–76 freedom, 170; and media, 122, 210, 252;
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), mumbo-jumbo in, 4–6, 209; and
175–76, 358 nonrenewable resources, 364; and
Les Misérables (Hugo), 401 paradigm change, 319; in postsocialist
Modern Times (fi lm), 399 countries, 9, 11, 104, 210–20, 228, 250, 253;
Moldova, 33, 64, 185–86, 270, 373, 429n12 and potential revolution, 108; and
Monaco, 168 pro-growth lobby, 335; role of the state in,
monetarism, 319, 320, 323, 325 17, 23, 104, 108, 208, 222, 224, 228, 406; in
Mongolia, 64, 168, 211, 270, 345, 354, 412 Russia, 235–40, 374; in social market
monocultures, economic, 63, 65, 187 economies, 254; and universal currency,
Montaigne, 12–13 121, 122; in U.S., 15, 16, 208, 210, 211, 212,
Montenegro, 64 220–28, 352; vs. Adam Smith, 73; vs.
Montevideo, 76 coincidence theory, 317, 324; vs. populism,
Morales, Evo, 138 19, 20, 253; vs. pragmatism, 327; vs.
More, Thomas, 126 rationality, 254–55, 337
Morocco, 33, 226 Neolithic Revolution, 47–48
Mozambique, 142, 159, 163, 164, 193, 375 Nepal, 132, 171, 406
multiculturalism, 272, 312, 316, 352, 412; in the Netanyahu, Binyamin, 226
future, 409, 418–19 Netherlands, 31, 142, 179, 187, 192, 245;
Mundell, Robert A., 119–20 development in, 162, 273, 301, 316
Murdoch, Rupert, 15 net international investment position (NIIP),
Museveni, Yoweri, 303 183
Networked Readiness Index (NRI), 142–43
NAFTA (North American Free Trade networks, 191, 325, 343
Association), 354, 408, 439n8 New Deal (U.S.), 36
Namibia, 48, 64, 136, 137, 168, 412; HDI in, New Guinea, 48
164–65, 166 New York, 52, 76–77
nation-states, 104, 105, 125; cultures of, 311–16; New Zealand, 44, 54, 171, 208, 211, 289, 408
in the future, 408–9, 412, 416. See also Nicaragua, 65, 165, 172, 193, 228, 306, 328
the state Nicholson, Jack, 153
Native Americans, 90, 91 Niger, 118, 157, 172, 193, 231, 361; birth rate in,
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 372, 436n22; dollar-a-day living standards
407 in, 141, 145–52; HDI in, 159, 163; light in,
Natufi 47–48 410; stagnation in, 64, 132; and ans,
natural disasters, 132–33, 180, 189, 416–17 Switzerland, 153, 154