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    <title>rational optimist</title>
    <subTitle>how prosperity evolves</subTitle>
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    <publisher>Fourth Estate</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2011</dateIssued>
    <edition>1a ed.</edition>
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    <extent>453 p. : Ill.</extent>
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  <abstract>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.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Matt Ridley.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Wealth</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Practical reason</topic>
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    <topic>Optimism</topic>
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    <topic>Razón práctica</topic>
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    <topic>Optimismo</topic>
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  <subject>
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  <classification authority="lcc">HB 251 R546r 2011</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc">339.2</classification>
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