Open

Resumen del libro

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.

Biografía del autor

Johan Norberg (Estocolmo, 1973) es escritor, conferenciante y autor de documentales. Es miembro del Cato Institute de Washington D. C. y del Centre for International Political Economy de Bruselas. <br> Ha publicado más de veinte libros que se han traducido a veinticinco idiomas. Progreso (Deusto, 2017) fue un bestseller internacional que The Economist consideró libro del año. Además, se han publicado en español En defensa del capitalismo global (Unidad Editorial, 2005) y Fiasco Financiero: Cómo la obsesión de los americanos por la propiedad inmobiliaria y el dinero fácil causó la crisis económica (Unidad Editorial, 2015).<br> Norberg escribe habitualmente para medios como The Wall Street Journal, Reason y HuffPost.