The Rational Optimist

How Prosperity Evolves

by Matt Ridley

2010 eng ★ 4.6 (9 ratings)

Over 10,000 years ago there were fewer than 10 million people on the planet. Today there are more than 6 billion, 99 per cent of whom are better fed, better sheltered, better entertained and better protected against disease than their Stone Age ancestors.The availability of almost everything a perso…