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
2015-03-21T12:33:16.000Z
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg_book_club2015-03-21T19:33:16.000Z
"Sapiens" by Yuval Noah Harari is the best book I've read since "The Rational Optimist" (@mattwridley). Both orthogonal and deep thinkers. – source2018-07-06T23:57:10.000Z
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. – source2015-08-30T10:08:26.000Z
Re-read Matt Ridley's great book The Rational Optimist after 5 years. As stimulating as ever. Hope next book coming soon. – sourceI 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