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The Rational Optimist

The Rational Optimist How Prosperity Evolves

1st US Edition

Hardback (18 May 2010)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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.

About the Publisher

Harper

Harper

HarperFiction publishes some of the best commercial writers around, ranging from bestselling crime author Stuart MacBride, to leaders in women?s fiction Cecelia Ahern, Lindsey Kelk and Barbara Taylor Bradford. The imprint also publishes the bestselling historical fiction of Bernard Cornwell, exciting work from Lauren Beukes and Rosie Thomas, and thriller successes Sam Bourne and Simon Toyne. From sagas to thrillers to sexy summer reads, HarperFiction has something for everyone.

Book information

ISBN: 9780061452055
Publisher: Harper
Imprint: Harper
Pub date:
Edition: 1st US Edition
DEWEY: 339.2
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 438
Weight: 610g
Height: 234mm
Width: 163mm
Spine width: 36mm

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