can you provide references for #2? I'm not the OP, but Matt Ridley's book The Rational Optimist, just released a few days ago, has much more on this. Selection

can you provide references for #2? I'm not the OP, but Matt Ridley's book The Rational Optimist, just released a few days ago, has much more on this. Selection here: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB20001424052748703691804575254533386933138.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB2000142405274870369180457525...