• ISBN13: 9780393318883
• Binding: Paperback
• Subject: Economics
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publisher Imprint: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: January 1, 1999
• Pages: N/A
• Original Price: USD 25.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 835 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Economics / Theory, Economic Conditions, and Development / Economic Development

The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance. Rich with anecdotal evidence, piercing analysis, and a truly astonishing range of erudition, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is a "picture of enormous sweep and brilliant insight" (Kenneth Arrow) as well as one of the most audaciously ambitious works of history in decades.

Landes, David S.: - David S. Landes (1924--2013) was professor emeritus at Harvard University and the author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, Bankers and Pashas, The Unbound Prometheus, and Revolution in Time.