TY - BOOK AU - Ridley,Matt TI - The rational optimist: how prosperity evolves SN - 9780061452055 PY - 2010/// CY - New York PB - Harper 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 -