<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"How did the WestEurope, Canada, and the United Statesescape from immemorial poverty into sustained economic growth and material well-being when other societies remained trapped in an endless cycle o""<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>How did the West--Europe, Canada, and the United States--escape from immemorial poverty into sustained economic growth and material well-being when other societies remained trapped in an endless cycle of birth, hunger, hardship, and death? In this elegant synthesis of economic history, two scholars argue that it is the political pluralism and the flexibility of the West's institutions--not corporate organization and mass production technology--that explain its unparalleled wealth.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>In this elegant synthesis of economic history, two scholars argue that it is the political pluralism and the flexibility of the West's institutions, not corporate organization and mass production technology-that explain its unparalleled wealth.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Nathan Rosenberg</b>, a leading expert on the history of technology, is an economist at Stanford University. <p/><b>L.E. Birdzell, Jr.</b> is an attorney and legal scholar, based in Newport, Rhode Island.
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