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456 Index
Rapa Nui (fi lm), 177 Rodowicz, Maryla, 45
rationality, 3, 42, 253; and capitalism vs. Rodrik, Dani, 321
socialism, 293–95; economic, 72–73, 109; Roman Empire, 50, 51, 52, 56, 111
and environment, 369; in the future, 337; Romania, 11, 45, 231, 334
and globalization, 109, 250, 251; and Round Table talks (Poland; 1989), 213, 214
motivation, 315; and regional groups, Rushdie, Salman, 45, 428n5
355–56; and terrorism, 404; vs. Russia: and China, 229, 230, 232; corruption
neoliberalism, 254–55, 337 in, 237–38; currency of, 34, 118, 119; debt
ratios: decile, 136–38, 140–41, 223, 384; of, 188, 192, 193, 199, 237; democracy score
quintile, 141 of, 168; development in, 136, 241, 309;
Reagan, Ronald, 207, 208, 209, 223, 404 economic freedom in, 172; and exchange
Red Cross, 116 rates, 201; fi nancial crisis in, 98; foreign
Reformation, 57 exchange reserves of, 188; in the future, 345,
reforms, economic: in China, 229–32; and 409; GDP of, 232, 238; and globalization,
culture, 311; of currency, 123; and 105, 352; inequalities in, 263; institutions
development, 67, 68; and institutions, in, 247; international relations of, 279,
300–302; in less-developed countries, 339; investments by, 196; and media,
301–3; market-oriented, 11, 12, 206; in 21–22, 426n18; natural resources in, 417;
Poland, 7–8, 215; in socialist countries, neoliberalism in, 2, 235–40, 250, 374;
206, 301–2 oligarchs in, 239–40; path dependence in,
refugees, 98, 356, 400. See also migration 35; population of, 373, 374–75; privatization
regional integration groups, 31, 97, 352–56, in, 236, 239, 240; and privatization of war,
369, 408, 439nn9,10,11,12; in Latin 407; and regional groups, 97, 354; the state
America, 89, 90, 354, 408. See also in, 242; SWB of, 270; and U.S., 236–38,
European Union 375, 391; values in, 170; vs. Poland, 236–37,
regulation, 95, 250, 294, 395; and 238. See also Soviet Union
globalization, 103, 108, 109, 348, 349; Rwanda, 75, 193
institutions for, 295–96, 299; and
liberalization, 86; and neoliberalism, 252, SAARC (South Asian Association for
253; and nonrenewable resources, 364; by Regional Cooperation), 354, 355, 439n11
the state, 242–43 Sachs, Jeffrey D., 11, 425n1
Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), 340 SADC (Southern African Development
religion, 56, 58, 233, 315, 316, 394–95, 405 Community), 354, 439n9
remittances, 185–86 Sagan, Carl, 3
Renaissance, 53, 56, 62 Samoa, 164, 304, 314
Reporters Without Borders, 356 San Marino, 168
The Republic (Plato), 126 Sao Tome and Principe, 193
Republican Party (U.S.), 18, 207, 369 Sarkozy, Nicolas, 121
Research Institute of Finances (Poland), 214 Saudi Arabia, 65, 147, 168, 172, 187, 226, 285, 305
resources, natural: alternative energy, 359, Scandinavia, 163, 212, 224, 226, 273, 316; and
361–63; China’s use of, 61–62; and climate globalization, 254; and “golden sequence,”
change, 417; and coincidence theory, 332; 331; as model, 207, 241; role of the state in,
destruction of, 174–82; and development, 104, 245. See also particular countries
66, 132, 173, 276–77, 279–80, 282, 284, 286, science, 3, 9, 309, 315; and culture, 350; and
287, 344; in the future, 343, 358–70; and development, 65, 163, 289; dogmatism in,
income equality, 138; and integration, 91; 318; and environment, 174; in the future,
and knowledge, 386; limits on, 369–70; 334, 337, 343, 392–97; and Internet, 398;
and new technology, 396; in Niger, 151; and knowledge-based economies, 386; and
nonrenewable, 276–77, 364, 396; language, 411, 412; and media, 340, 394;
petroleum, 359–61; in Russia, 238–39; and politics, 13, 15; and terrorism, 405; vs.
water, 279–80, 415, 416–17 art, 127–28; vs. religion, 56
revolutions, 36, 55, 108; digital, 101, 103, 398, science fi 27, 113 ction,
399; and globalization, 92–93; and Scientifi 101, 110 c Revolution,
poverty, 381–82, 383 Scotland, 312
The Road (McCarthy), 28 Second Chance (Brzezinski), 351
