Journey of Humanity
The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
- author
- Oded Galor
- Narrator
- Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length
- 9 hours
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House
- Catalogue #
- 15677
- Categories
- Psychology & Sociology
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A radically uplifting account of our species' progress, from one of the world's pre-eminent thinkers - with breakthrough insights into the power of diversity and our capacity to tackle climate change.
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What are the keys to human progress?
Why are living standards so unequal around the world?
How might all humans thrive and survive?
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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