num_pages: 650
description: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations is David S. Landes's acclaimed, best-selling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? The answer, as Landes definitively illustrates, is a complex interplay of cultural mores and historical circumstance. Rich with anecdotal evidence, piercing analysis, and a truly astonishing range of erudition, The Wealth and Poverty of Nations  is a "picture of enormous sweep and brilliant insight" (Kenneth Arrow) as well as one of the most audaciously ambitious works of history in decades.For the paperback edition, Landes has written a new epilogue, in which he takes account of Asian financial crisises and the international tension between overconfidence and reality.
language: English
title: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
titlecomplete: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations
genres: Business, Politics, Philosophy, Nonfiction, World History, Poverty, Economics, Finance, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 3551
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc