The local author looks at the current state of things through an optimistic lens. Gregg Easterbrook ’s new book, It’s Better Than It Looks , makes the rather astonishing argument that things aren’t as bad in the world as they seem. When he discusses crime, and how it’s decreasing, he’s somewhat convincing. “Since that peak year [1993], all forms of violent crime are down 300 percent”—no matter how much Donald Trump and Fox News rant about an immigrant-caused crime wave. On the absence of pandemics, despite panic over everything from avian flu to swine flu to Ebola, he is […]
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