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-Titulo Original : A Farewell To Alms A Brief Economic History Of The World (the Princeton Economic History Of The Western World, 25)
-Fabricante :
Princeton University Press
-Descripcion Original:
Review Winner of the 2008 Gold Book Medal in Finance/Investment/Economics, Independent Publisher Book AwardsRight or wrong, or perhaps somewhere in between, Clarks is about as stimulating an account of world economic history as one is likely to find. Lets hope that the human traits to which he attributes economic progress are acquired, not genetic, and that the countries that grow in population over the next 50 years turn out to be good at imparting them. Alternatively, we can simply hope hes wrong.---Benjamin M. Friedman, New York Times Book ReviewClarks idea-rich book may just prove to be the next blockbuster in economics. He offers us a daring story of the economic foundations of good institutions and the climb out of recurring poverty. We may not have cracked the mystery of human progress, but A Farewell to Alms brings us closer than before.---Tyler Cowen, New York Times[C]lark is very good at piecing together figures from here and there, including those from isolated groups of hunter-gatherers alive today. He makes a plausible case for the basic pattern: for thousands of years before the Industrial Revolution, there was essentially no sustained improvement in mankinds general material standard of living, nor was there much variation from place to place around the world. The Industrial Revolution made all the difference.---Robert Solow, New York Review of BooksA Farewell to Alms asks the right questions, and it is full of fascinating details, like the speed at which information traveled over two millennia (prior to the 19th century, about one mile per hour). Clarks combination of passion and erudition makes his account engaging. When a light bulb goes off in my head, the first thing I ask myself is Would this be interest if it were true? Clarks thesis definitely meets that test.---Samuel Bowles, ScienceMr. Clark...has produced a well written and thought-provoking thesis, refreshingly light on jargon and equations. It could well be the subject of debate for years to come. The EconomistGregory Clarks A Farewell to Alms is fully as absorbing, as memorable and as well written as [Jared] Diamonds remarkable bestseller. It deserves to be as widely read.... [A]ny book that is as bold, as fascinating, as conscientiously argued and as politically incorrect as this one demands to be read.---Clive Crook, Financial TimesObviously, we¹ve got a controversial argument here. But Clark makes a compelling case for the idea that the fruits of industrialization were open to all societies, but only a handful seized the moment.---William R. Wineke, The Wisconsin State JournalGregory Clarks new book A Farewell to Alms is an investigation of both our nasty, brutish, and short past and our more prosperous present. Mr. Clark first makes the case that we owe our current prosperity to the gifts of the Industrial Revolution. He then attempts to explain why that revolution happened in 18th-century England.---Edward Glaeser, New York SunEconomic history often conjures images of musty tomes, bygone eras that no one knows about and in general, scholarship that is dry and difficult to relate to. Gregory Clarks new book A Farewell to Alms conveys a different image. Offering a sweep of history from the border between antiquity and the medieval age, the book is an attempt at tackling grand themes.---Siddharth Singh, LiveMintFor a novel and somewhat dispiriting theory of economic divergence, read A Farewell to Alms, published this year, by Gregory Clark of the University of California at Davis. He doesnt accept the view, common among the utopians, that natural endowments like soil and water explain why rich nations are 50 times as prosperous as poor ones. How can differences in natural resources possibly explain Zimbabwes misery or Singapores wealth? Clark amasses an extraordinary collection of historical data to explain why the Industrial Revolution was born in western Europe, not Africa or India.---William Baldwin
-Fabricante :
Princeton University Press
-Descripcion Original:
Review Winner of the 2008 Gold Book Medal in Finance/Investment/Economics, Independent Publisher Book AwardsRight or wrong, or perhaps somewhere in between, Clarks is about as stimulating an account of world economic history as one is likely to find. Lets hope that the human traits to which he attributes economic progress are acquired, not genetic, and that the countries that grow in population over the next 50 years turn out to be good at imparting them. Alternatively, we can simply hope hes wrong.---Benjamin M. Friedman, New York Times Book ReviewClarks idea-rich book may just prove to be the next blockbuster in economics. He offers us a daring story of the economic foundations of good institutions and the climb out of recurring poverty. We may not have cracked the mystery of human progress, but A Farewell to Alms brings us closer than before.---Tyler Cowen, New York Times[C]lark is very good at piecing together figures from here and there, including those from isolated groups of hunter-gatherers alive today. He makes a plausible case for the basic pattern: for thousands of years before the Industrial Revolution, there was essentially no sustained improvement in mankinds general material standard of living, nor was there much variation from place to place around the world. The Industrial Revolution made all the difference.---Robert Solow, New York Review of BooksA Farewell to Alms asks the right questions, and it is full of fascinating details, like the speed at which information traveled over two millennia (prior to the 19th century, about one mile per hour). Clarks combination of passion and erudition makes his account engaging. When a light bulb goes off in my head, the first thing I ask myself is Would this be interest if it were true? Clarks thesis definitely meets that test.---Samuel Bowles, ScienceMr. Clark...has produced a well written and thought-provoking thesis, refreshingly light on jargon and equations. It could well be the subject of debate for years to come. The EconomistGregory Clarks A Farewell to Alms is fully as absorbing, as memorable and as well written as [Jared] Diamonds remarkable bestseller. It deserves to be as widely read.... [A]ny book that is as bold, as fascinating, as conscientiously argued and as politically incorrect as this one demands to be read.---Clive Crook, Financial TimesObviously, we¹ve got a controversial argument here. But Clark makes a compelling case for the idea that the fruits of industrialization were open to all societies, but only a handful seized the moment.---William R. Wineke, The Wisconsin State JournalGregory Clarks new book A Farewell to Alms is an investigation of both our nasty, brutish, and short past and our more prosperous present. Mr. Clark first makes the case that we owe our current prosperity to the gifts of the Industrial Revolution. He then attempts to explain why that revolution happened in 18th-century England.---Edward Glaeser, New York SunEconomic history often conjures images of musty tomes, bygone eras that no one knows about and in general, scholarship that is dry and difficult to relate to. Gregory Clarks new book A Farewell to Alms conveys a different image. Offering a sweep of history from the border between antiquity and the medieval age, the book is an attempt at tackling grand themes.---Siddharth Singh, LiveMintFor a novel and somewhat dispiriting theory of economic divergence, read A Farewell to Alms, published this year, by Gregory Clark of the University of California at Davis. He doesnt accept the view, common among the utopians, that natural endowments like soil and water explain why rich nations are 50 times as prosperous as poor ones. How can differences in natural resources possibly explain Zimbabwes misery or Singapores wealth? Clark amasses an extraordinary collection of historical data to explain why the Industrial Revolution was born in western Europe, not Africa or India.---William Baldwin
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