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The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100 - Europe, America, and the Third World (Paperback, New)
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The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100 - Europe, America, and the Third World (Paperback, New)
Series: Cambridge Studies in Population, Economy and Society in Past Time
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Nobel laureate Robert Fogel's compelling new study examines health,
nutrition and technology from 1700 to 2100. Although throughout
most of human history, chronic malnutrition has been the norm, a
synergy between improvements in productive technology and human
physiology has enabled humans to more than double their average
longevity and to increase their body size by over fifty percent
over the past three centuries. Larger, healthier humans have
contributed to the acceleration of economic growth and
technological change, resulting in reduced economic inequality,
declining hours of work and a corresponding increase in leisure
time. Increased longevity has also brought increased demand for
health care. Fogel argues that health care should be viewed as the
growth industry of the twenty-first century and systems of
financing it should be reformed. His book will be essential reading
for all interested in economics, demography, history and health
care policy. A professor at the University of Chicago, Robert
William Fogel has taught at the University of Rochester, Cambridge
University, and Harvard University. He has received numerous awards
and prizes for his work, including the Arthur C. Cole Prize (1968),
the Schumpeter Prize (1971), the Bancroft Prize (1975), the
Gustavus Myers Prize (1990), and the Nobel Memorial Prize in
Economic Science (1993). Previous books include Without Consent or
Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery (W.W. Norton &
Company, 1994) and The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of
Egalitarianism (The University of Chicago Press, 2000).
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