{"product_id":"the-rational-optimist-how-prosperity-evolves","title":"The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eLife is on the up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eWe are wealthier, healthier, happier, kinder, cleaner, more peaceful, more equal and longer-lived than any previous generation. Thanks to the unique human habits of exchange and specialisation, our species has found innovative solutions to every obstacle it has faced so far.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eIn 'The Rational Optimist', acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley comprehensively refutes the doom-mongers of our time, and reaches back into the past to give a rational explanation for why we can - and will - overcome the challenges of the future, such as climate change and the population boom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n          \u003cp\u003eBold and controversial, it is a brilliantly confident assertion that the 21st century will be the best for humankind yet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 464 pages | Published January 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fourth Estate Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63168165773661,"sku":"9780007267125","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780007267125.jpg?v=1769005899","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-rational-optimist-how-prosperity-evolves","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}