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A Farewell TO Alms

Paperback • 2007 • English

A Farewell TO Alms

By Gregory Clark

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Why 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, ...Show more

Economics, Finance, Business and Management

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9780691141282

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

A Farewell TO Alms

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Paperback

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