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Table of contents :
Foreword to the Paperback Edition by Bill Gates
Prologue
1. Abandoning Hope
2. The Bad News: Diverging Incomes
3. The Worse News: It's Hard to Raise Growth Rates
4. The Good News: The End of the Malthusian Trap
5. The Better News
The Great Convergence in Quality of Life
6. The Great News: The Best Things in Life Are Cheap
7. Drivers of the Better Life: Innovation and Ideas
8. Policies for Quality of Life
9. The Global Agenda
10. Conclusion: Realistic Optimism
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index.