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Charles Kenny is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek. His research focuses on economic growth, development, and the quality of life.
Known for: Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding—and How We Can Improve the World Even More
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Getting Better: Why Global Development Is Succeeding—and How We Can Improve the World Even More
In 'Getting Better', economist Charles Kenny challenges the pessimistic view of global development by presenting evidence that the world is improving in many key areas such as health, education, and freedom. He argues that while income growth has been uneven, quality of life has improved dramatically across the globe, and he offers insights into how continued progress can be achieved.
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Historical Context
To understand why I say the world is getting better, we must first step back and take a long historical view. Since the mid-twentieth century, global development has undergone a transformation unlike anything before. After World War II, most of the world’s population lived in societies marked by hig...
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Measuring Progress Beyond GDP
One of the causes of our misunderstanding about global development is the near-religious attachment to GDP as the ultimate measure of success. For much of modern economics, growth in national income has stood in for growth in human welfare. But the core of my argument is that GDP, though convenient,...
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About Charles Kenny
Charles Kenny is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek. His research focuses on economic growth, development, and the quality of life. He is also the author of 'The Upside of Down' and 'The Plague Cycle'.
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Charles Kenny is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and a columnist for Bloomberg Businessweek. His research focuses on economic growth, development, and the quality of life.
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