The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Genome" 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 "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Genome" 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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Matt Ridley has written The Rational Optimist, How Prosperity Evolves, and you really must read it. I mean it! Read for yourself how brilliance can prevail in place of automatic pessimism. See how human life has consistently improved over the course of history. See how humanity creates, shares, and spreads wealth. Go for it!