On Progress and Prosperity

<p>In the last 250 years the world has gone from poor to rich sick to healthy and isolated to connected. How did we get here and why do some seemingly intractable problems remain? What are the best ways forward? What do the best minds in fields as diverse as economics social thought progress studies and investment management have to say about these questions? </p><p></p><p>In his second book of essays book reviews interviews and other writings Laurence B. Siegel author of <em>Fewer Richer Greener</em> and <em>Unknown Knowns </em>(to which this book is a sequel) provides a window into some of the greatest minds in these fields including Steven Pinker Henry Kissinger Michael Lewis Malcolm Gladwell and Harry Markowitz. Topics include:</p><p></p><p>- Progress growth and productivity</p><p>- Investing and finance</p><p>- Technology and innovation </p><p>- Policy and governance and</p><p>- Provocative takes on the big questions in economics investing human flourishing and  public affairs.</p><p></p><p>Filled with stories anecdotes personalities and vivid graphics and conveyed with a sense of humor this book provides refreshing and useful perspectives on the mysteries of economics investing and human progress.</p>