The Journey of Humanity
The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
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2022
The Bodley Head Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84792-691-3 (ISBN)
The Bodley Head Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84792-691-3 (ISBN)
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A grand unifying theory of human flourishing and inequality from one of the world's pre-eminent thinkers
In a captivating journey from the dawn of human existence to the present and back again, world-renowned thinker Oded Galor offers a solution to the two seminal and interrelated mysteries of human flourishing and inequality.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
'Masterful. Galor answers the ultimate mystery' LEWIS DARTNELL
'Completely brilliant and utterly original' JON SNOW
'Astounding in scope and insight' NOURIEL ROUBINI
The stunning advances that have transformed human experience in recent centuries are no accident of history - they are the result of universal and timeless forces, operating since the dawn of our species. Drawing on a lifetime's scientific investigation, Oded Galor's ground-breaking new vision identifies these keys to human progress, overturning a host of long-held assumptions and revealing the deeper causes that have shaped the journey of humanity:
Education rather than industrialisation
Family size and gender equality as much as inventions and technology
Geography and diversity rather than wars, disease and famine
*
'Unparalleled in its scope and ambition . . . All readers will learn something' Washington Post
'A magisterial, suspense-filled thriller full of surprises and profound insights' Glenn C. Loury
'An inspiring, readable, jargon-free and almost impossibly erudite masterwork' New Statesman
'If you need an evidence-based antidote to doomscrolling, here it is' Guardian
In a captivating journey from the dawn of human existence to the present and back again, world-renowned thinker Oded Galor offers a solution to the two seminal and interrelated mysteries of human flourishing and inequality.
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
'Masterful. Galor answers the ultimate mystery' LEWIS DARTNELL
'Completely brilliant and utterly original' JON SNOW
'Astounding in scope and insight' NOURIEL ROUBINI
The stunning advances that have transformed human experience in recent centuries are no accident of history - they are the result of universal and timeless forces, operating since the dawn of our species. Drawing on a lifetime's scientific investigation, Oded Galor's ground-breaking new vision identifies these keys to human progress, overturning a host of long-held assumptions and revealing the deeper causes that have shaped the journey of humanity:
Education rather than industrialisation
Family size and gender equality as much as inventions and technology
Geography and diversity rather than wars, disease and famine
*
'Unparalleled in its scope and ambition . . . All readers will learn something' Washington Post
'A magisterial, suspense-filled thriller full of surprises and profound insights' Glenn C. Loury
'An inspiring, readable, jargon-free and almost impossibly erudite masterwork' New Statesman
'If you need an evidence-based antidote to doomscrolling, here it is' Guardian
Oded Galor is Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Economics at Brown University and the founding thinker behind Unified Growth Theory, which seeks to uncover the fundamental causes of development, prosperity and inequality over the entire span of human history. He has shared the insights of his lifetime's work in this field at some of the most prestigious lectures around the globe and has now distilled those discoveries into The Journey of Humanity, which is being published in twenty-eight languages worldwide.
Erscheinungsdatum | 30.03.2022 |
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Verlagsort | London |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 162 x 240 mm |
Gewicht | 599 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Wirtschaft |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte | |
Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie | |
Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre | |
ISBN-10 | 1-84792-691-6 / 1847926916 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84792-691-3 / 9781847926913 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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