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by ian bremmer

Three reasons for optimism in a leaderless world

Last week, I explained what happens when the world’s most powerful geopolitical actors abdicate their leadership responsibilities.

Two smiling young women wearing headscaves | GZERO World with Ian Bremmer the podcast
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

Podcast: The case for global optimism with Steven Pinker

Listen: War in Ukraine. Global poverty on the rise. Hunger, too. Not to mention a persistent pandemic. It doesn't feel like a particularly good time to be alive. And yet, Harvard psychologist Stephen Pinker argues that things are getting better today than ever across the world, based on the metrics that matter. Like laundry.