How economics explains the world : a short history of humanity / Andrew Leigh

Von:

Leigh, Andrew, 1972- [VerfasserIn]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBuchSprache: Englisch Verlag: New York ; Boston : Mariner Books, 2024Auflage: First Mariner Books editionBeschreibung: VI, 228 Seiten : IllustrationenISBN:

9780063383784

Schlagwörter: DDC-Klassifikation:

330.09 23/eng/20240228

RVK: RVK: QF 000LOC-Klassifikation:

HB75

Zusammenfassung: "If you read just one book about economics, make it Andrew Leigh's clear, insightful, and remarkable (and short) work." -Claudia Goldin, recipient of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics and Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University A sweeping, engrossing history of how economic forces have shaped the world-all in under 200 pages In How Economics Explains the World, Harvard-trained economist Andrew Leigh presents a new way to understand the human story. From the dawn of agriculture to AI, here is story of how ingenuity, greed, and desire for betterment have, to an astonishing degree, determined our past, present, and future. This small book indeed tells a big story. It is the story of capitalism - of how our market system developed. It is the story of the discipline of economics, and some of the key figures who formed it. And it is the story of how economic forces have shaped world history. Why didn't Africa colonize Europe instead of the other way around? What happened when countries erected trade and immigration barriers in the 1930s? Why did the Allies win World War II? Why did inequality in many advanced countries fall during the 1950s and 1960s? How did property rights drive China's growth surge in the 1980s? How does climate change threaten our future prosperity? You'll find answers to these questions and more in How Economics Explains the World."Zusammenfassung: "Economist Andrew Leigh presents a dramatically new understanding of human history. Spanning ancient times to the current day, he reveals the hidden economic factors that have shaped every aspect of our world, from determining the outcomes of wars to the endurance of social transformations."Call number: Grundsignatur: 2024 A 1165PPN: PPN: 1902683897

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Medientyp	Heimatbibliothek	Standort	Signatur	Status	Fälligkeitsdatum	Barcode
Handbibliothek	Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften	Handbibliothek (Ausleihe und Einsicht nicht möglich)	2024 A 1165	Ausgeliehen	15.10.2046	54003649090

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