Ridley, Matt. <br/><br/>
Rational optimist :  how prosperity evolves / 
Matt Ridley. 
 - 1st  ed. 
 - London :  Fourth Estate,  2010. 
 - 453 p. :  20 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780007267125 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010004907 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wealth.<br/>Practical reason.<br/>Optimism.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.2  / RID