A review by phouweling
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley

4.0

This is a very rich book about 200,000 years of progress of humankind, driven by trade and specialization. It is the 'collective mind' that has capacious problem-solving skills that has led to tremendous growth in prosperity. In the last chapters the author makes the case that people will also solve the two major problems of our time: poverty in Africa and climate change.