Next Convergence
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011
With the British Industrial Revolution, part of the world''s population started to experience extraordinary economic growth—leading to enormous gaps in wealth and living standards between the industrialized West and the rest of the world. This pattern of divergence reversed after World War II, and now we are midway through a century of high and ac...
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011
With the British Industrial Revolution, part of the world''s population started to experience extraordinary economic growth—leading to enormous gaps in wealth and living standards between the industrialized West and the rest of the world. This pattern of divergence reversed after World War II, and now we are midway through a century of high and ac...
