The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves

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The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity EvolvesShortlisted 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

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