Rob Wile | May 22, 2013, 11:34 AM | 5,171 |
Lately, it feels like the news has been dominated by tragedies: natural disasters, evil people, and sometimes just carelessness.
But it would be a mistake to become cynical.
We've put together 31 charts that we think will help restore your faith in humanity.

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon
"The Improving State of the World" (c) Cato Institute 2007. Used with permission

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon
"The Improving State of the World" (c) Cato Institute 2007. Used with permission.

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

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It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

"The Improving State of the World" (c) Cato Institute 2007. Used with permission

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon

It's Getting Better All The Time / Stephen Moore & Julian Simon
BONUS: It takes less and less time to buy all kinds of stuff. A bicycle in 1895 used to take 260 working hours to buy. By 1997 it was down to 7.2.

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(Special thanks to Cato Institute's "Improving State of the World" for some of the charts)
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