The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor - Softcover

Powerful and lucid.... There are few historians who would not be proud to be the author of this book.--Eric Hobsbawm

Mr. Landes writes with verve and gusto.... This is indeed good history.--Douglass C. North

You cannot even begin to think about problems of economic development and convergence without knowing the story that Landes tells. ...I know of no better place to start thinking about the wealth and poverty of nations.--J. Bradford DeLong

Enormously erudite and provocative.... Never less than scintillating, witty, and brilliant.

Truly wonderful. No question that this will establish David Landes as preeminent in his field and in his time.--John Kenneth Galbraith

A picture of enormous sweep and brilliant insight... embodied in a light and vigorous prose which carries the reader along irresistibly.--Kenneth Arrow

A masterly survey... with verve, broad vision, and a whole series of sharp opinions that he is not shy about stating plainly.--Robert Solow

This New York Times bestseller examines the complex combination of cultural mores and historical circumstances that have left some countries able to achieve economic success while others remain poverty-stricken. Reprint.