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A Farewell to Alms A Brief Economic History of the World
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A Farewell to Alms [electronic resource] : A Brief Economic History of the World / Gregory Clark.
ISBN
1400827817
9781400827817
0691121354 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780691121352 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2007. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xii, 420 p. :) ill., maps ;
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Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 15, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 383-407) and index.
Contents
Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world
The logic of the Malthusian economy
Material living standards
Fertility
Life expectancy
Malthus and Darwin : survival of the richest
Technological advance
Institutions and growth
The emergence of modern man
Modern growth : the wealth of nations
The puzzle of the industrial revolution
The industrial revolution in England
Why England? Why not China, Japan or India?
Social consequences
World growth since 1800
The proximate sources of divergence
Why isn't the whole world developed?
Conclusion : strange new world.
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