Good news: The world is getting better. Bad news: You were wrong about how things have changed

Aug 15, 2018

Only 17% of people expect the world to be better off in the future. Image: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

Max Roser

Programme Director, Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

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