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The Rational Optimist

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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.

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The Rational Optimist, Matt Ridley

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2010
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English
Publisher
Fourth Estate
Released
2010
Format
Hardcover
ISBN10
0007267118
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9780007267118
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First published
2010
Original title
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves
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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.