A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world /
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world
- The logic of the Malthusian economy
- Material living standards
- Fertility
- Life expectancy
- Malthus and Darwin : survival of the richest
- Technological advance
- Institutions and growth
- The emergence of modern man
- Modern growth : the wealth of nations
- The puzzle of the industrial revolution
- The industrial revolution in England
- Why England? Why not China, Japan or India?
- Social consequences
- World growth since 1800
- The proximate sources of divergence
- Why isn't the whole world developed?
- Conclusion : strange new world.