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Introduction; Part I. The Litany: 1.1 Things are getting better; 1.2.Why do we hear so much bad news?; Part II. Human Welfare: 2.1. Measuringhuman welfare; 2.2 Life expectancy and health; 2.3. Food and hunger; 2.4.Prosperity; 2.5. Conclusion; Part III. Can Human Prosperity Continue?: 3.1Are we living on borrowed time?; 3.2. Will we have enough food; 3.3. Forests- are we losing them?; 3.4. Energy; 3.5. Non-energy resources; 3.6. Water;3.7. Conclusion; Part IV. Pollution: 4.1. Air pollution; 4.2. Acid rain andforest death; 4.3. Indoor air pollution; 4.4. Allergies and asthma; 4.5.Water pollution; 4.6. Waste: running out of space?; 4.7. Conclusion; Part V.Tomorrow's Problems: 5.1. Our chemical fears; 5.2. Biodiversity; 5.3. Globalwarming; Part VI. The real State of the World: 6.1. Predicament or progress?;Notes; Bibliography.