Everything is in decline, argues the geographer Samuel Miller McDonald. Democracy and free speech are in freefall. Inequality is soaring, with the 1% scooping up ever-larger shares of global wealth. These days,... Read more »
Former Australian prime minister Julia Gillard has said global progress on gender equality is âreally glacial and slowâ as she warned that it is going backwards among young people. Gillard cited recent... Read more »
In the 20th century, the definition of progress seemed clear. It was growth, measured in terms of national income, or gross domestic product (GDP). And that growth was to be endless, an ever-rising curve. No... Read more »