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Title: THE RATIONAL OPTIMIST
HOW PROSPERITY EVOLVES
By: Matt Ridley
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 0007267126
ISBN 13: 9780007267125
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Publisher: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS
Pub. date: 1 March, 2011
Pages: 464
Description: 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.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Fourth Estate Ltd
Prizes: Short-listed for BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2011
Returns: Returnable
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