Reviewing Deirdre McCloskey's Bourgeois Trilogy

from from FEE on 2017-10-12 18:15 (#34W3M)

Deirdre McCloskey's trilogy (Bourgeois Virtues; Bourgeois Dignity; Bourgeois Equality) incessantly reminds us of the exceptionality of economic growth. The three books comprise one intellectual venture which aims to answer the great riddle of contemporary economic historians: why did modern economic growth take off precisely when and where it did? Why England? Why the 18th century?

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