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Truth, Errors, and Lies: Politics and Economics in a Volatile World resources

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Index 455 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

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