Humans are both ‘traders’ and ‘tribalists’ by nature. We’re traders because we have exchanged knowledge and goods throughout history. Indeed, the story of human progress has been the story of humanity ...

Progress: Ten Reasons to Look Forward to the Future, by Johan Norberg, Oneworld Publications, 256 pp. $27.99 Johan Norberg wrote his excellent new book Progress for three reasons. First, because ...

Johan Norberg wrote his excellent new book Progress for three reasons. First, because something important happened. Second, because no one believes it. And third, because it's dangerous that they ...

The Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and other flourishings of human progress were “triumphs of openness,” according to this thought-provoking economic history of the world.

Open: The Story of Human Progress. By Johan Norberg.Atlantic Books; 448 pages; $24.95 and £20. One Billion Americans: The Case for Thinking Bigger. By Matthew Yglesias.Portfolio; 288 pages; $28 and ...

Published in September of 2016. When Matt Ridley published The Rational Optimist in 2011, he not only gave the world a great book, he created a new genre. This is the world-is-getting better book.