The Rational Optimist : How Prosperity Evolves

Name: The Rational Optimist : How Prosperity Evolves
Author: Matt Ridley
ISBN: 9780061452055

by Matt Ridley

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The Rational Optimist : How Prosperity Evolves

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"Ridley writes with panache, wit, and humor and displays remarkable ingenuity in finding ways to present complicated materials for the lay reader." -- Los Angeles Times In a bold and provocative interpretation of economic history, Matt Ridley, the New York Times -bestselling author of Genome and The Red Queen , makes the case for an economics of hope, arguing that the benefits of commerce, technology, innovation, and change--what Ridley calls cultural evolution--will inevitably increase human prosperity. Fans of the works of Jared Diamond ( Guns, Germs, and Steel ), Niall Ferguson ( The Ascent of Money ), and Thomas Friedman ( The World Is Flat ) will find much to ponder and enjoy in The Rational Optimist.

FormatHardcover

LanguageEnglish

PublisherHarperCollins Publishers

Publication DateMay. 18th, 2010

Pages438

Edition5th Printing

ISBN-139780061452055

Dimensions6.00 x 9.00 x 1.37 inches

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" The Rational Optimist teems with challenging and original ideas...No other book has argued with such brilliance and historical breadth against the automatic pessimism that prevails in intellectual life."

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Prologue: when ideas have sex	p. 1
A better today: the unprecedented present	p. 11
The collective brain: exchange and specialisation after 200,000 years ago	p. 47
The manufacture of virtue: barter, trust and rules after 50,000 years ago	p. 85
The feeding of the nine billion: farming after 10,000 years ago	p. 121
The triumph of cities: trade after 5,000 years ago	p. 157
Escaping Malthus's trap: population after 1200	p. 191
The release of slaves: energy after 1700	p. 213
The invention of invention: increasing returns after 1800	p. 247
Turning points: pessimism after 1900	p. 279
The two great pessimisms of today: Africa and climate after 2010	p. 313
The catallaxy: rational optimism about 2100	p. 349
Acknowledgements	p. 361
Notes and references	p. 363
Index	p. 421
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FormatHardcover

LanguageEnglish

PublisherHarperCollins Publishers

Publication DateMay. 18th, 2010

Pages438

Edition5th Printing

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Dimensions6.00 x 9.00 x 1.37 inches

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