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THE RATIONAL OPTIMIST
HOW PROSPERITY EVOLVES |
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Matt Ridley |
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Paperback |
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ISBN 10: |
0007267126 |
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9780007267125 |
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HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS |
Pub. date: |
1 March, 2011 |
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464 |
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Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011.Life is on the up. |
Synopsis: |
Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011.Life is on the up.We are wealthier, healthier, happier, kinder, cleaner, more peaceful, more equal and longer-lived than any previous generation. Thanks to the unique human habits of exchange and specialisation, our species has found innovative solutions to every obstacle it has faced so far.In `The Rational Optimist', acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley comprehensively refutes the doom-mongers of our time, and reaches back into the past to give a rational explanation for why we can - and will - overcome the challenges of the future, such as climate change and the population boom.Bold and controversial, it is a brilliantly confident assertion that the 21st century will be the best for humankind yet. |
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UK |
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Fourth Estate Ltd |
Prizes: |
Short-listed for BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011 |
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