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An engrossing and in-depth study of the distribution of wealth across the globe. Historian David Landes explores the complex and often startling causes of the wealth and poverty of nations, finding them both within the larger social forces, such as religion, geography and the broad swing of politics; and in the small surprising details.
Synopsis
A magisterial history book on why some nations are rich and others poor.