Johan Norberg Johan Norberg

Why 2020 was the fourth best year in history

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The Spectator has a long and proud history of fact-based optimism, sometimes represented by an end-of-the-year article explaining that statistics bear out that this was the best year ever, even if you didn’t get that impression when following the news.

Well, 2020 is not a good candidate for such an article.

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