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| 100 | _aRidley, Matt | ||
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_aRational optimist _bhow prosperity evolves |
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_aNew York _bHapper _c2011 |
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| 520 | _aCONTENT Prologue: when ideas have sex 1 1 A better today: the unprecedented present 11 2 The collective brain: exchange and specialization after 200,000 years ago 47 3 The manufacture of virtue: barter, trust and rules after 50,000 years ago 85 4 The feeding of the nine billion: farming after 10,000 years ago 112 5 The triumph of cities: trade after 5,000 years ago 157 6 Escaping Malthus's trap: population after 1200 191 7 The release of slaves: energy after 1700 213 8 The invention of invention: increasing returns after 1800 247 9 Turning points: pessimism after 1900 279 10 The two great pessimisms of today: Africa and climate after 2010 313 11 The catallaxy: rational optimism about 2100 349 Postscript 361 Acknowledgements 365 Notes and references 369 Index 427 | ||
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