May 20, 2010 6:37PM 

# Indur Goklany’s Double Play in the New York Times 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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Indur Goklany’s great book, *[The Improving State of the World: Why We’re Living Longer, Healthier, More Comfortable Lives on a Cleaner Planet](http://store.cato.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=32&pid=1441339)*, has been cited this week by both [John Tierney](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/science/18tier.html?scp=2&sq=goklany&st=cse) and [Andrew Revkin](http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/20/cooling-fear-of-a-malaria-surge-from-warming/?scp=1&sq=goklany&st=cse) in the *New York Times*.

But neither of them really says much about it. Don’t bother with the articles, just [go buy the book](http://store.cato.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=32&pid=1441339). It’s a compelling, comprehensive case — with more than 100 charts and tables — for the case made in the title, which deserves to be bullet-pointed. It shows that the state of the world is improving because

- *We’re Living Longer,*
- *Healthier,*
- *More Comfortable Lives*
- *on a Cleaner Planet*

[Check out the evidence](http://store.cato.org/index.asp?fa=ProductDetails&method=cats&scid=32&pid=1441339).

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[Energy and Environment](https://www.cato.org/research/energy-environment) 

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