Bibliograph

The birth of plenty, how the prosperity of the modern world was created, William J. Bernstein

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The birth of plenty, how the prosperity of the modern world was created, William J. Bernstein

Language

eng

Bibliography note

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

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The birth of plenty

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

53839875

Responsibility statement

William J. Bernstein

Sub title

how the prosperity of the modern world was created

Table Of Contents

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 hedonic treadmill -- The great trade-off -- Mammon and Mars : the winner's curse -- The end of growth? -- When, where, and whither

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