Argues that, despite the view of the pessimists who dominate public discourse, the world is getting better, and at an accelerating rate, in areas such as food, income, lifespan, disease, child mortality, and violence, and examines human history through a lens of progress.
year: 2010, 2011
call number/section: 339.2
subjects: wealth, practical reason, optimism, reason
Editions
Ridley, Matt
Harper (2010)
Argues that, despite the view of the pessimists who dominate public discourse, the world is getting better, and at an accelerating rate, in areas such as food, income, lifespan, disease, child mortality, and violence, and examines human history through a lens of progress.
Schools: 1
Ridley, Matt
Harper Perennial (2011)
Argues that, despite the view of the pessimists who dominate public discourse, the world is getting better, and at an accelerating rate, in areas such as food, income, lifespan, disease, child mortality, and violence, and examines human history through a lens of progress.
Schools: 0