num_pages: 304
description: A landmark radically uplifting account of our species' progress from one of the world's pre-eminent thinkers - with breakthrough insights into the power of diversity and our capacity to tackle climate change.Completely brilliant and utterly original...a book for our epoch. -- Jon Snow former presenter Channel 4 NewsAstounding in scope and insight...provides the keys to the betterment of our species. -- Nouriel Roubini author of Crisis EconomicsA masterful sweep through the human odyssey...if you liked Sapiens you'll love this. -- Lewis Dartnell author of OriginsIn a captivating journey from the dawn of human existence to the present world-renowned economist and thinker Oded Galor offers an intriguing solution to two of humanity's great mysteries.Why are humans the only species to have escaped - only very recently - the subsistence trap allowing us to enjoy a standard of living that vastly exceeds all others? And why have we progressed so unequally around the world resulting in the great disparities between nations that exist today? Immense in scope and packed with astounding connections Galor's gripping narrative explains how technology population size and adaptation led to a stunning phase change in the human story a mere two hundred years ago. But by tracing that same journey back in time and peeling away the layers of influence - colonialism political institutions societal structure culture - he arrives also at an explanation of inequality's ultimate causes: those ancestral populations that enjoyed fruitful geographical characteristics and rich diversity were set on the path to prosperity while those that lacked it were disadvantaged in ways still echoed today.As we face ecological crisis across the globe The Journey of Humanity is a book of urgent truths and enduring relevance with lessons that are both hopeful and profound: gender equality investment in education and balancing diversity with social cohesion are the keys not only to our species' thriving but to its survival.
language: English
title: The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
publisher: Dutton