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The Journey of Humanity - The Origins of Wealth and Inequality (Hardcover)
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The Journey of Humanity - The Origins of Wealth and Inequality (Hardcover)
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A landmark account of our journey from the dawn of human existence
to the present - with vital lessons for our future. What are the
keys to human progress? In the last two hundred years, stunning
advances in health, wealth and lifespan have fundamentally
transformed the experience of being human, at least for some. But
this was no accident of history. Drawing on a lifetime's
investigation, Oded Galor identifies the universal forces behind
this change, and so unlocks the mystery of human development.
Galor's breakthrough vision upends many assumptions. The
game-changing revolution of recent centuries was not
industrialisation but mass education; not the era of child labour
but the end of it. New technology can enhance living standards -
but it has done so only by reducing family size and spurring
greater gender equality. Meanwhile, differing levels of diversity,
stemming from patterns of human migration tens of thousands of
years ago, have been as powerful in determining the fate of nations
as colonialism or geography. How did Europe soar ahead of
previously more advanced civilisations such as China and the
Ottoman Empire? Why have workers' revolutions succeeded in
agricultural but not industrialised nations? How have soil types
affected gender relations and coast lines entrepreneurialism? Why
are Bolivia's challenges the opposite of Ethiopia's? Is continued
growth compatible with tackling the climate crisis? Making
astounding connections across continents and millennia, The Journey
of Humanity answers all these questions and more in a bold and
captivating narrative that reframes our understanding of human
history. Its transformative and ultimately hopeful vision contains
the keys not only to the thriving of our species but to our
survival.
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