"Readers cannot but be provoked and stimulated by this splendidly iconoclastic and refreshing book."—Andrew Porter, New York Times Book Review
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. MapsSportsNOLA.com (blog) | From the Coach's Office: Football and the American Culture SportsNOLA.com (blog) In a recent speech, Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney referred to Dr. David Landes of Harvard University who authored the popular book The Wealth and Poverty Of Nations. The book is an examination of what has made some nations wealthy and ... |
Dumb and Dumber Foreign Policy (blog) Development economists over the past 50 years have eschewed genetic explanations for the wealth and poverty of nations, favoring factors from lack of investment to lack of health care and education to wrong policies to poor government institutions. |
Advisors Must Fight For More Women in Executive Roles On Wall Street It was at that time that he read The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by David S. Landes and also when his daughter was born. Keefe said he was struck by one line in the book that pointed to the role of women as crucial to a nation's growth and ... |
With rich friends, Romney defends American dream Washington Examiner (blog) While explaining entrepreneurship, Romney cited the book "The Wealth and Poverty of Nations," written by Harvard professor David Landes in 1998. "If you can learn anything from the history of the economic development of the world its this: Culture ... and more » |
Project Syndicate (subscription) (blog) | The *Poor Economics* in *Why Nations Fail* Project Syndicate (subscription) (blog) As I trawled WNF I thought wistfully of the subtlety of David Landes in The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, the beauty and originality of that book's movement through regions and centuries. You struggle to discover exactly why Landes' thesis about the ... |
