The historical context -- Two centuries of South American reflections on the development gap between the United States and Latin America / Tulio Halperin Donghi -- Looking at them: a Mexican perspective on the gap with the United States / Enrique Krauze -- Explaining Latin America's lagging...

"Globalization is quite different from internationalization: the by-now global market economy overwhelmed the sovereignty of the old national states. Close to the 2007 crisis, some de-coupling effects were consequent in most developed countries in comparison with the ex-Third World. Latin...

Der Autor, ein US-Journalist, belegt akribisch die Fortschritte der Welt auf vielen Gebieten, zeigt, wo noch besondere Anstrengungen nötig seien (beim Klima und der Ungleichheit) und plädiert insgesamt für mehr Optimismus. (2)