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The rational optimist how prosperity evolves

The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Genome" and "The Red Queen" offers a provocative case for an economics of hope, arguing that the benefits of commerce, technology, innovation, and change--cultural evolution--will inevitably increase human prosperity.

Main Author: Ridley, Matt.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Harper Perennial, 2011.
Edition: 1st Harper Perennial ed.
Subjects:
Wealth.
Practical reason.
Optimism.
Summary: The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Genome" and "The Red Queen" offers a provocative case for an economics of hope, arguing that the benefits of commerce, technology, innovation, and change--cultural evolution--will inevitably increase human prosperity.
Item Description: Includes P.S.: insights, interviews & more.
Physical Description: 453, 10 p. : ill., charts ; 21 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780061452062 (pbk.)
0061452068 (pbk.)
Author Notes: Matt Ridley is the author of several award-winning books, including Genome, The Agile Gene, and The Red Queen, which have sold more than 800,000 copies in twenty-seven languages worldwide. He lives in England.

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