New Book by Phillip Hoffman Explores the Origins of Economic Growth
In 1700, life was miserable everywhere. Nearly everyone was poor, most had to toil long days in fields just to feed their families, and half of all children died before adulthood. But throughout the following century, technological and political shifts in northwestern Europe unleashed something completely new in human history that transformed the world—sustained economic growth. Why and how this…
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