TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ridley,Matt
TI  - Rational optimist: how prosperity evolves 
SN  - 9780007267125 (pbk.)
U1  - 339.2 23
PY  - 2010///
CY  - London
PB  - Fourth Estate
KW  - Wealth
KW  - Practical reason
KW  - Optimism
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -