Open

AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARHumanity's embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange - whether it's goods, ideas or people - has led to stunning achievements in science, technology and culture. As a result, we live at a time of unprecedented wealth and opportunity. So why are we so intent on ruining it?From Stone Age hunter-gatherers to contemporary Chinese-American relations, Open explores how across time and cultures, we have struggled with a constant tension between our yearning for co-operation and our profound need for belonging. Providing a bold new framework for understanding human history, bestselling author and thinker Johan Norberg examines why we're often uncomfortable with openness - but also why it is essential for progress. Part sweeping history and part polemic, this urgent book makes a compelling case for why an open world with an open economy is worth fighting for more than ever.

Product details

• Authors: Johan Norberg, Norberg Johan
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9781786497192
• ISBN: 978-1-78649-719-2
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, HISTORY / Social History, Society & culture: general, General & world history, Social and cultural history, Central / national / federal government policies, Political ideologies and movements, International Trade