The rational optimist : how prosperity evolves
(2010)
By:
Ridley, Matt
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
339.2/RIDLEY,M
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Harper, [2010]
©2010
©2010
EDITION
First U.S. edition
DESCRIPTION
438 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780061452055 (hardback), 006145205X (hardback)
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
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