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The Great Divergence
A sweeping economic history that challenges Western assumptions about global development. Essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how and why the modern world took its current shape.
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Diamond's grand historical narrative explains why some societies flourished whilst others stagnated, using geography and resources as Pomeranz does.
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Development as Freedom
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Seeing Like a State
Scott examines how state-imposed economic schemes fail when they ignore local knowledge, offering a counterpoint to large-scale historical explanations.
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Power and prosperity
Olson traces how institutions and incentive structures shape long-term prosperity, directly addressing why some regions sustain growth and others do not.
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Rise and Fall of American Growth
Gordon examines what drove the twentieth-century American divergence and whether that growth can continue, extending Pomeranz's framework into the modern era.
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