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in Poland, 218–19; on population, 377; in in, 368; neoliberalism in, 9, 11, 104, 210–220,
Russia, 238; and technology, 392, 394; 228, 250, 253; and path dependence, 35;
U.S., 327; vs. ideology, 309–10 population in, 373; role of the state in, 242,
politics: and central banks, 190; and 244, 245; SWB of, 270. See also particular
coincidence theory, 323, 325, 336; and countries
culture, 350; and democracy, 167–70; and Potosí (Bolivia), 66
development, 43, 62, 65, 67, 132, 134, 256, poverty: absolute vs. relative, 70–72; in Africa,
279, 280–81, 283, 288, 290, 291; and disease, 70, 145–52; in Africa vs. China, 144; in
161; and economics, 10–11, 206, 320; and Bhutan, 272; causes of, 132; in cities, 71,
energy resources, 360, 361, 362; and 133, 144–45; and climate change, 180; and
environment, 174, 367, 368, 369; in E.U., development, 158, 268, 274, 275; and
32; and fi lm industry, 248–49; in the foreign aid, 346, 381, 385–86; and free
future, 126, 337; and globalization, 85, 91, distribution, 5; in the future, 343, 418, 419;
93, 113, 125, 126, 348–49, 353–54; and global and globalization, 85; and income
state, 111–12; and inequalities, 396; and inequality, 138–39, 381–86; and Internet,
institutions, 113, 300, 353–54; and Internet, 402; past vs. present, 71; and population,
400, 401; and knowledge, 350, 403; lies in, 145, 231, 372–73, 377; and revolutions,
2, 13–14; and media, 13, 15–18, 303; of 381–82; and social mobility, 225; and
neoliberalism, 122, 211, 226, 252; and terrorism, 138, 405–6; in U.S., 223, 224;
NGOs, 356; and pharmaceutical industry, and war, 132, 419
162; in Poland, 123, 215, 217, 218; and poverty gap ratio, 274, 275–76
pro-growth lobby, 336; and public pragmatism, 9, 12, 325–30; and development,
opinion, 17–18, 226; and reform, 301, 303; 65, 232, 311, 316, 317–18; and the future,
and role of the state, 247, 248, 333; and 333–34, 336–37, 344, 413; and income
science, 13, 15; and social market inequalities, 383; and knowledge-based
economies, 253; and terrorism, 404; vs. economies, 391; and neoliberalism, 242,
pragmatism, 126, 327; vs. rationality, 71, 72, 244, 251; and politics, 126, 291, 327; and
73; and war, 407; women in, 285. See also regional groups, 356; and role of the state,
special interests 333; vs. ideology, 73, 326, 327, 333; vs.
Polybius of Megalopolis, 93 populism, 18. See also coincidence theory
Polynesia, 30, 118, 166 prices: of energy, 65, 68, 360, 362, 363; and
population, 370–81; aging, 6, 370, 375–77, 416; globalization, 86, 87, 93; and greenhouse
of China, 229, 231, 234, 235, 251; and gases, 365; of labor, 92; liberalization of,
climate change, 179; and development, 85, 209; in Polish reforms, 215; and slavery,
276–77, 345; in early history, 50, 52, 53, 54, 94; socialist control of, 205–6; and supply
428n9; and employment, 264–65; and and demand, 260
energy resources, 363; in the future, 343, printing press, 43, 392, 395
408, 409, 414; and globalization, 88; privatization, 38, 108, 209, 323, 328; in Poland,
growth of, 54, 59, 88, 179, 231, 264–65, 5–8, 214; in Russia, 236, 239, 240; vs.
371–72; of India, 235; and migration, 273, pragmatism, 327; of war, 108, 406–7
372, 377–81, 414; and poverty, 145, 231, protectionism, 99, 244–45, 279, 327, 328, 416
372–73, 377 Prussia, 35, 44
populism, 12, 216, 285, 323, 327, 337, 437n5; vs. psychology, 14, 322, 325, 350, 410
neoliberalism, 19, 20, 253 public debate, 3, 15–17, 19–25
Portugal, 89, 162, 190, 266, 327, 380 public goods and services, 113–16, 135, 207, 244
postal service, international, 115–16 public opinion: and central banks, 190; on
postsocialist countries: crime in, 237–38, 327; climate change, 179; on energy resources,
and currency, 118, 431n21; debt of, 193; 360; and freedom rankings, 172–73; in the
development in, 39, 63–64, 134, 136, 162, future, 413–14; and income, 138–39;
273, 275, 276, 315; economic freedom in, international, 105; manipulation of, 21,
172; and the future, 334, 344–45; and 226, 251; and politics, 17–18, 226; and
globalization, 101, 339, 352; income technology, 394–95
distribution in, 137, 163; institutions in, Putin, Vladimir, 188, 238
215, 232, 247, 253, 298; markets in, 128, 212,
215, 218, 220, 240, 309; military spending Qatar, 187, 301, 314, 378