The birth of plenty : how the prosperity of the modern world was created

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The birth of plenty : how the prosperity of the modern world was created

William J. Bernstein

McGraw-Hill, c2004

  • : hardcover
  • : [pbk.]

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Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-401) and index

Contents of Works

  • A hypothesis of wealth
  • Property
  • Reason
  • Capital
  • Power, speed, and light
  • Synthesis of growth
  • The winners : Holland and England
  • Runners-up
  • The last
  • God, culture, mammon, and the hydonic treadmill
  • The great trade-off
  • Mannon and Mars : the winner's curse
  • The end of growth?
  • When, where, and whither

Details

  • NCID
    BA68221242
  • ISBN
    • 0071421920
    • 9780071747042
  • LCCN
    2003026155
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 420 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
  • Classification
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