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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.

 

 

AUS DEM INHALT: / 1 Introduction 3 / 2 The Starting Point: The Middle Ages 37 / 3 The Growth of Trade to 1750 71 / 4 The Evolution of Institutions Favorable to Commerce 113 / 5 The Development of Industry: 1750-1880 144 / 6 Diversity of Organization: The Corporation 189 / 7 Technology, Trusts, and Marketable Stock 211 / 8 The Link between Science and Wealth 242 / 9 Diversity of Enterprise 269