A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the WorldWhy are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution--and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it--occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialization make the whole world rich--and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer? In A Farewell to Alms, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture--not exploitation, geography, or resources--explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. |
Contents
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The Industrial Revolution | 191 |
The Great Divergence | 301 |
Strange New World | 371 |
Technical Appendix | 379 |
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Figure Credits | 419 |
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