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

Author: Bernstein, William J.

Imprint:New York : McGraw-Hill, c2004.

Descriptionxii, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Note:An 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 hydonic treadmill -- The great trade-off -- Mannon and Mars : the winner's curse -- The end of growth? -- When, where, and whither.

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

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