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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations

Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor

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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations

By: David S. Landes
Narrated by: Walter Dixon
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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes' acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance. Rich with anecdotal evidence, piercing analysis, and a truly astonishing range of erudition, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is a "picture of enormous sweep and brilliant insight" (Kenneth Arrow) as well as one of the most audaciously ambitious works of history in decades.

(P)2021 Tantor Business Development & Entrepreneurship Economic History Europe Poverty & Homelessness Social Sciences Western Theory Capitalism Economics Socialism Self-Determination Taxation Middle Ages Latin America Imperialism Africa Middle East
Informative Content • Comprehensive Coverage • Educational Value • Reality-based Perspective

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Superb work of intelligent scholarship written with a real flair for apt phraseology that makes it a joy to absorb. Impressed with judiciously expressed judgments that are generally very fair.
Suggest that Why Nations Fail a helpful companion work.

Excellent and very readable work.

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As a student of history and economics, I appreciate how well the author explains world economic history. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in history or economic development.

One of best books on Economic history that I have found

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I now look at the world a little bit different. I see there is so many reasons to why a country is rich and poor.

Interesting

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Just a great book. A super in-depth look into why and how we are where we are in the present. A serious step by step analysis of where countries got their wealth, how some lost it, and how others still struggle to obtain it. Highly recommend to the curious and intellectually hungry.

History and economics

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This book depicts reality an interesting and fascinating picture. Highly recommended if you want a dose of how the world actually works and why it is the way it is

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