How The West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation Of The Industrial WorldBasic Books, 2008 M08 1 - 416 páginas How did the West—Europe, Canada, and the United States—escape from immemorial poverty into sustained economic growth and material well-being when other societies remained trapped in an endless cycle of birth, hunger, hardship, and death? In this elegant synthesis of economic history, two scholars argue that it is the political pluralism and the flexibility of the West’s institutions—not corporate organization and mass production technology—that explain its unparalleled wealth. |
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Contenido
The Middle Ages | 37 |
The Growth of Trade to 1750 | 71 |
The Evolution of Institutions Favorable to Commerce | 113 |
17501880 | 144 |
The Corporation | 189 |
Technology Trusts and Marketable Stock | 211 |
The Link between Science and Wealth | 242 |
Diversity of Enterprise | 269 |
Implications and Comparisons | 302 |
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