The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.) Paperback - 2011
by Ridley, Matt
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Details
- Title The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.)
- Author Ridley, Matt
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial
- Date 2011-06-07
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # GOR004127900
- ISBN 9780061452062 / 0061452068
- Weight 0.8 lbs (0.36 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 1.2 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 3.05 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Wealth, Optimism
- Dewey Decimal Code 339.2
From the rear cover
For two hundred years the pessimists have dominated public discourse, insisting that things will soon be getting much worse. But in fact, life is getting better--and at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down all across the globe. Africa is following Asia out of poverty; the Internet, the mobile phone, and container shipping are enriching people's lives as never before.
In his bold and bracing exploration into how human culture evolves positively through exchange and specialization, bestselling author Matt Ridley does more than describe how things are getting better. He explains why. An astute, refreshing, and revelatory work that covers the entire sweep of human history--from the Stone Age to the Internet--The Rational Optimist will change your way of thinking about the world for the better.
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Citations
- New York Times Book Review, 08/21/2011, Page 32
