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Even if you dont agree with the authors views it is worth reading and is a good counterblast to david harveys unconvincing apol... Read More
This magnificent work is an immense scholarly accomplishment by the author and a source uncommon intellectual rewards for the reader
He is a strong advocate of womens rights and indeed believes that gender equality is essential to the development of wealthy an... Read More
In todays liberal atmosphere in which western culture is oftern denigrated the historical perspective in this book successfully... Read More
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His final commentary the optimists have it is worth the price of the book
Landes is cited in many other works
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On the contrary i believe that such efforts should be the noblest goal of the historian
Competitiveness
A very good contribution to understanding the world
Adam smith a scots protestant from kirkcaldy beat a german jew karl marx in the worlds heavyweight ideological championships
523 this will seem nothing but pap to most of the poor around the world
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- This product had a total of 276 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 19 2020.
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Although japans colonization of korea and taiwan may have had some economic benefits the writer really doesnt do much to show that that was true and the things that japan inflicted on these countries sex slavery and forced labour certainly outweigh them
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Its difficult to see how one person could have written a book that is so expansive and covers so much material in depth
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Eviscerates some of the more politically correct critics
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This book is for learning not for mere entertainment
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The book is written in a plain english clear style any layman can get the message from what would otherwise be a lesson in macro economics
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Some rich nations are big some small and many poor countries are also big or small
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So size in this case does not matter
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In others there is a particular vision of reality
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