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For two hundred years the pessimists have dominated public discourse, insisting that things will soon be getting much worse. But in fact, life is getting better—and at an accelerating rate. Food availability, income, and life span are up; disease, child mortality, and violence are down all across the globe. Africa is following Asia out of poverty; the Internet, the mobile phone, and container shipping are enriching people's lives as never before.

In his bold and bracing exploration into how human culture evolves positively through exchange and specialization, bestselling author Matt Ridley does more than describe how things are getting better. He explains why. An astute, refreshing, and revelatory work that covers the entire sweep of human history—from the Stone Age to the Internet—The Rational Optimist will change your way of thinking about the world for the better.

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Matt Ridley is the award-winning, bestselling author of several books, including The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves; Genome: The Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters; and The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature. His books have sold more than one million copies in thirty languages worldwide. He writes regularly for The Times (London) and The Wall Street Journal, and is a member of the House of Lords. He lives in England.

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Matt Ridley doesn't like pessimists, whether they're writing books or setting policy. What he does like, and believe in, is trade. L.J. Ganser's narration of Ridley's political and economic philosophy adds a little extra sarcasm on occasion, especially when the author is talking about the Obama administration. But mostly Ganser keeps to Ridley's optimistic tone as Ridley carefully backs up his philosophy, showing how trade led to many of man's greatest achievements, and offers suggestions for how trade, combined with a can-do outlook, could solve today's financial crises. The hints of sarcasm in Ganser's reading are a distraction, but Ridley's focus on solutions makes for an interesting thesis. J.A.S. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine

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  • PublisherHarper Perennial
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  • ISBN 13 9780061452062
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