01429nam a2200229Ia 4500 CTU_222658 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 330.16 L256 Landes, David S. The wealth and poverty of nations : Why some are so rich and some so poor David S. Landes New York W.W. Norton 1998 The history of nations is a history of haves and have-nots, and as we approach the millennium, the gap between rich and poor countries is widening. In this engrossing and important new work, eminent historian David Landes explores the complex, fascinating and often startling causes of the wealth and poverty of nations. The answers are found not only in the large forces at work in economies: geography, religion, the broad swings of politics, but also in the small surprising details. In Europe, the invention of spectacles doubled the working life of skilled craftsmen, and played a prominent role in the creation of articulated machines, and in China, the failure to adopt the clock fundamentally hindered economic development Wealth,Sự nghèo đói,Poverty,Sự giàu có History,Lịch sử,History,Lịch sử Europe,Châu Âu,Europe,Châu Âu Hải Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ