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Slouching Towards Utopia

An Economic History of the Twentieth Century

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Slouching Towards Utopia

Slouching Towards Utopia

An Economic History of the Twentieth Century

Slouching Towards Utopia

 

Before 1870, humanity lived in dire poverty, with a slow crawl of invention offset by a growing population. Then came a great shift: invention sprinted forward, doubling our technological capabilities each generation and utterly transforming the economy again and again.


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Beschrijving Slouching Towards Utopia

Before 1870, humanity lived in dire poverty, with a slow crawl of invention offset by a growing population. Then came a great shift: invention sprinted forward, doubling our technological capabilities each generation and utterly transforming the economy again and again. Our ancestors would have presumed we would use such powers to build utopia, but it was not so. 

When 1870-2010 ended, the world instead saw global warming, economic depression, uncertainty, inequality, and broad rejection of the status quo. Slouching Towards Utopia tells the sweeping story of how this unprecedented explosion?of material wealth?occurred,?how it transformed the globe, and?why?it?failed to deliver us to utopia.?Of remarkable breadth and ambition,?it?reveals how the last century was much less?a march of progress?than?a slouch?in the right direction.

 


ISBN
9781399803427
Pagina's
624
Verschenen
NUR
780
Druk
1
Uitvoering
Paperback / softback
Taal
Engels
Uitgever
John Murray Press

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