Here is a bold retelling of the entire human story from one of the world’s pre-eminent thinkers. What causes living standards to rise? Why are some countries so much richer than others? How might all humans thrive and survive? In this book, Oded Galor offers a revelatory explanation of how humanity escaped a life of subsistence poverty and began to enjoy previously unthinkable wealth and longevity.

Author Oded Galor Published by The Bodley Head ISBN 9781847926913 EAN 9781847926913 Bic Code Cover Hardback