The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
By: Oded Galor
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In The Journey of Humanity, Oded Galor offers a revelatory explanation of how humanity became, only very recently, the unique species to have escaped a life of subsistence poverty, enjoying previously unthinkable wealth and longevity. He reveals why this process has been so unequal around the world, resulting in the great disparities between nations that exist today. He shows why so many of our efforts to improve lives have failed and how they might succeed.
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'An engaging and optimistic answer to anyone who thinks that poverty and inequality will always be with us' Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules - For Now
'Breathtakingly ambitious' Robert Solow, Nobel Laureate in Economics
'Magisterial' Glenn C. Loury, author of The Anatomy of Racial Inequality
In The Journey of Humanity, Oded Galor offers a revelatory explanation of how humanity became, only very recently, the unique species to have escaped a life of subsistence poverty, enjoying previously unthinkable wealth and longevity. He reveals why this process has been so unequal around the world, resulting in the great disparities between nations that exist today. He shows why so many of our efforts to improve lives have failed and how they might succeed.
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'An engaging and optimistic answer to anyone who thinks that poverty and inequality will always be with us' Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules - For Now
'Breathtakingly ambitious' Robert Solow, Nobel Laureate in Economics
'Magisterial' Glenn C. Loury, author of The Anatomy of Racial Inequality