The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
By Angus Deaton.
Description
There is nobody better than Angus Deaton to explain why our lives are longer healthier and more prosperous than those of our great-grandparents The story he tells is much more than an inexorable march of progress-it has also been unequal uneven and incomplete and at each step politics has played a defining role This is a must-read for anybody interested in the wealth and health of nations -Daron Acemoglu coauthor of Why Nations FailAt once engaging and compassionate this is an uplifting story by a major scholar -Paul Collier author of The Bottom BillionMagisterial and superb -William Easter...
ISBN(s)
069115354X, 9780691153544
