Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface to the 2024 Princeton Classics Edition xi
4. Preface xxi
5. INTRODUCTION What This Book Is About 1
6. ONE The Wellbeing of the World 23
7. PART I LIFE AND DEATH
8. TWO From Prehistory to 1945 59
9. THREE Escaping Death in the Tropics 101
10. FOUR Health in the Modern World 126
11. PART II MONEY
12. FIVE Material Wellbeing in the United States 167
13. SIX Globalization and the Greatest Escape 218
14. PART III HELP
15. SEVEN How to Help Those Left Behind 267
16. POSTSCRIPT What Comes Next? 325
17. Notes 331
18. Index 351