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In The Great Escape, Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton—one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty—tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today’s disproportionately unequal world. Deaton ...
May 26, 2015 · In The Great Escape, Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton―one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty―tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's disproportionately unequal world.
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Dec 19, 2013 · The biggest accomplishment of Angus Deaton’s “Great Escape” is to bring perspective to all this wistfulness. Deaton, a respected professor of economics at Princeton, does not stint on...
The Great Escape of this book is the story of mankind’s escaping from deprivation and early death, of how people have managed to make their lives better, and led the way for others to follow.
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Oct 20, 2021 · In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting two hundred and fifty years ago, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's hugely unequal world.
Sep 22, 2013 · The Great Escape (2013) by Angus Deaton describes how parts of the world escaped poverty and short sick lives and how the rest of the world is doing so or could do so. Deaton is a Nobel Prize winning economist whose work concerned how poor people behave and what would improve their lives.
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