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The great escape : health, wealth, and the origins of inequality

Title
The great escape : health, wealth, and the origins of inequality / Angus Deaton.
Author
Deaton, Angus
Publication
  • Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
  • ©2013
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xv, 360 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting two hundred and fifty years ago, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's hugely unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and he addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind."--Publisher description.
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  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-350) and index.
Contents
Introduction : what this book is about -- The wellbeing of the world -- Life and death. From prehistory to 1945 ; Escaping death in the tropics ; Health in the modern world -- Money. Material wellbeing in the United States ; Globalization and the greatest escape -- Help. How to help those left behind -- Postscript : what comes next?
Call Number
JBE 16-183
ISBN
  • 9780691153544
  • 069115354X
  • 9780691165622
  • 0691165629
LCCN
2013941754
OCLC
858352425
Author
Deaton, Angus, author.
Title
The great escape : health, wealth, and the origins of inequality / Angus Deaton.
Publisher
Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-350) and index.
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