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RECORD NUMBER: 13 OF 13Main Title | The rational optimist : how prosperity evolves / | |||||||||||
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Author | Ridley, Matt. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Harper, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 2010 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 456181103 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 9780061452055 (hardback); 006145205X (hardback) | |||||||||||
Subjects | Wealth ; Practical reason ; Optimism | |||||||||||
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Edition | 1st U.S. ed. | |||||||||||
Collation | 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents 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. |