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The Rational Optimist

How Prosperity Evolves (P.S.)

Matt Ridley

This thought-provoking book by a bestselling author argues for an economics of hope, showing how cultural evolution through commerce, technology, innovation, and change can increase human prosperity. With humor and ingenuity, the author presents a bold interpretation of economic history that will appeal to fans of works by Jared Diamond, Niall Ferguson, and Thomas Friedman.
Publish Date
2010-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
2010-05-18T00:00:00.000Z
Goodreads Rating
3.98
ISBN
9780061452062
Recommendations
9
Recommendations
Its subject is the history of humanity, focusing on why our species has succeeded and how we should think about the future.      source
2015-03-21T19:33:16.000Z
"Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari is the best book I've read since "The Rational Optimist" (@mattwridley). Both orthogonal and deep thinkers.      source
2018-07-06T23:57:10.000Z
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by @mattwridley -- Sparkling explanation of how the economy evolves, producing the glorious cornucopia of goods and services available all around us. How to feel good about the future even in dark times.      source
2015-08-30T10:08:26.000Z
Re-read Matt Ridley's great book The Rational Optimist after 5 years. As stimulating as ever. Hope next book coming soon.      source
I think three or four of my top 20 books of all time are all this author's. This is my favorite one.      source
It argues compellingly that everything is not only going to be OK in the future, it is surely going to be Fucking Great. That much, I agree with.      source
2019-09-24T17:19:14.000Z
matt has a great book The Rational Optimist. He is truly one of the best out there on laying facts out that counter what we are seeing today      source
The books I've given most as a gift.      source