"New Atlantis" is a utopian novel by Sir Francis Bacon, written in 1626 and published posthumously in 1627. The book presents Bacon's vision of a society living in perfect harmony and prosperity through the application of reason and science. The narrative is set on a fictional island called Bensalem, located somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. …
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Norberg, Johan. The Capitalist Manifesto : Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World. London: Atlantic Books, 2023. Print. Global Progress and Poverty Reduction: Since the 1990s, extreme poverty has significantly declined from 38% to about 10% by 2015, largely due to capitalism and economic liberalization. This reduction isn't confined to major economies like China; it's …
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