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– LIST OF BOXES –

What is “extreme free-market thinking”?

What is short-termism?

What is economic growth?

Why do most people believe that economic growth is good?

What is well-being?

Does economic growth lead to greater well-being?

Does economic growth lead to growth in GDP per person?

Why do the people who own businesses focus on total GDP, whereas those who are employed have more interest in GDP per person?

Does economic growth always bring more jobs?

Does economic growth always reduce inequality?

Is it possible to create economic growth by allowing people to borrow more?

Why does it not work to print money and give it to the rich?

What is labor productivity, and how does it compare to GDP per person?

What is the economic impact of more robotization?

What is the dependency ratio?

What is the effect of aging on the economy?

Why do people think higher birth rates will solve the aging problem?

What are the main challenges facing the rich world?

What are the obvious solutions to the rich-world challenges?

Which criteria need to be met to move forward and address the challenges?

What does it take to build a better world?

Thirteen proposals to reduce unemployment, inequality, and climate change

What are the effects of shortening the work year?

What are the effects of increasing the pension age?

What are the effects of converting voluntary work to paid work?

What are the advantages of increasing unemployment benefits?

Is it possible to increase employment by taking from the rich and giving to the poor?

How can stimulus packages increase output and employment?

What is green growth?

What does it mean to run out of resources?

Is it possible to pay a guaranteed income to all citizens in a modern society? And if so, how high could that income be?

What human development indicators are currently measured, and what new ones should be added for a smooth transition to a better world?

What does it mean to shift from extreme free-market thinking to modified market thinking?

– LIST OF GRAPHS –

Graph 1: Population growth will slow

Graph 2: GDP (total output) will grow, but more slowly

Graph 3: GDP per person will grow at different speeds

Graph 4: The disposable income per person will remain different among the world’s regions

Graph 5: Inequality is increasing, especially in the U.S.

Graph 6: Growth is slowing in the rich, but not in the poor, world

Graph 7: The dependency ratio will stay rather low

Graph 8: Global energy use will rise to a peak in 2040

Graph 9: Energy use per person will converge

Graph 10: Global CO₂ emissions will peak in 2030

Graph 11: CO₂ emissions per person will finally decline

– LIST OF TABLES –

Table 1: The impact of rapid economic growth, 1820 vs. 2001

Table 2: Population, million people