http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/05/25/5-questions-for-matt-ridley-author-of-the-rational-optimist-how-prosperity-evolves/ Politics and policy from inside Washington Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:23:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/05/25/5-questions-for-matt-ridley-author-of-the-rational-optimist-how-prosperity-evolves/comment-page-1/#comment-8306 fsrcoin Wed, 26 May 2010 02:39:23 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=3914#comment-8306 Those interested in Ridley's very good book might wish to know about my own book, THE CASE FOR RATIONAL OPTIMISM (Transaction Books, Rutgers University, 2009), which makes quite similar points and arguments, but develops the case for optimism over a broader range of subject areas. See http://www.fsrcoin.com/k.htm Those interested in Ridley’s very good book might wish to know about my own book, THE CASE FOR RATIONAL OPTIMISM (Transaction Books, Rutgers University, 2009), which makes quite similar points and arguments, but develops the case for optimism over a broader range of subject areas. See http://www.fsrcoin.com/k.htm

]]> http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/2010/05/25/5-questions-for-matt-ridley-author-of-the-rational-optimist-how-prosperity-evolves/comment-page-1/#comment-8303 Gotthardbahn Tue, 25 May 2010 18:11:29 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/james-pethokoukis/?p=3914#comment-8303 An excellent article! I especially like the last question - how true. *** Being Canadian of conservative bent it has been a source of embarrassmernt to me, for years, that Maurice Strong - quoted above - hails from the True North. 'Industrialised civilizations collapse' indeed. Along with Al Gore and the rest of the global warming cabal, he has been responsible for far too much mischief since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero in 1992. Rational optimists are Mr. Strong's worst nightmare. An excellent article! I especially like the last question – how true.
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Being Canadian of conservative bent it has been a source of embarrassmernt to me, for years, that Maurice Strong – quoted above – hails from the True North. ‘Industrialised civilizations collapse’ indeed. Along with Al Gore and the rest of the global warming cabal, he has been responsible for far too much mischief since the Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero in 1992. Rational optimists are Mr. Strong’s worst nightmare.

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