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Gregory ClarkEconomics · World War I
A Farewell to Alms
Synopsis
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World is a sweeping account of the forces that shaped the modern world — from the rise of the Industrial Revolution and the spread of capitalism to the great economic upheavals of the 20th century. Gregory Clark traces the evolution of economic thought through the lives of the thinkers who shaped it, and the choices that shaped the world.
How it reads
Prose complexity 7/10
