# Open

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- Authors: [Johan Norberg](https://www.bookquiver.com/johan-norberg)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2021-05-06

## Description

AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR Humanity’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.

## Editions

### Open

- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- ISBN: 978-17-8649-719-2
- Published: 2021-05-06
- Language: en_GB