Acknowledgments
Foreword by Bono
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Introduction
One. A GLOBAL FAMILY PORTRAIT
Two. THE SPREAD OF ECONOMIC PROSOERITY
Three. WHY SOME COUNTRIES FAIL TO THRIVE
Four. CLINICAL ECONOMICS
Five. BOLIVIA'S HIGH - ALTITUDE HYPERINFLATION
Six. POLAND'S RETURN TO EUROPE
Seven. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND : RUSSIA'S STRUGGLE FOR NORMALCY
Eight. CHINA : CATCHING UP AFTER HALF A MILLENNIUM
Nine. INDIA'S MARKET REFORMS : THE TRIUMPH OF HOPE OVER FEAR
Ten. THE VOICELESS DYING : AFRICA AND DISEASE
Eleven. THE MILLENNIUM, 9/11, AND THE UNITED NATIONS
Twelve. ON-THE-GROUND SOLUTIONS FOR ENDING POVERTY
Thirteen. MAKING THE INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO END POVERTY
Fourteen. A GLOBAL COMPACT TO END POVERTY
Fifteen. CAN THE RICH AFFORD TO HELP THE POOR?
Sixteen. MYTHS AND MAGIC BULLETS
Seventeen. WHY WE SHOULD DO IT
Eighteen. OUR GENERATION'S CHALLENGE
Works Cited
Further Reading
Notes
Index
Foreword by Bono
Preface to the Paperback Edition
Introduction
One. A GLOBAL FAMILY PORTRAIT
Two. THE SPREAD OF ECONOMIC PROSOERITY
Three. WHY SOME COUNTRIES FAIL TO THRIVE
Four. CLINICAL ECONOMICS
Five. BOLIVIA'S HIGH - ALTITUDE HYPERINFLATION
Six. POLAND'S RETURN TO EUROPE
Seven. REAPING THE WHIRLWIND : RUSSIA'S STRUGGLE FOR NORMALCY
Eight. CHINA : CATCHING UP AFTER HALF A MILLENNIUM
Nine. INDIA'S MARKET REFORMS : THE TRIUMPH OF HOPE OVER FEAR
Ten. THE VOICELESS DYING : AFRICA AND DISEASE
Eleven. THE MILLENNIUM, 9/11, AND THE UNITED NATIONS
Twelve. ON-THE-GROUND SOLUTIONS FOR ENDING POVERTY
Thirteen. MAKING THE INVESTMENTS NEEDED TO END POVERTY
Fourteen. A GLOBAL COMPACT TO END POVERTY
Fifteen. CAN THE RICH AFFORD TO HELP THE POOR?
Sixteen. MYTHS AND MAGIC BULLETS
Seventeen. WHY WE SHOULD DO IT
Eighteen. OUR GENERATION'S CHALLENGE
Works Cited
Further Reading
Notes
Index