The Great Escape

Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

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Angus Deaton

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The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250

Author Biography:

Angus Deaton, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics, is the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of Economics and International Affairs in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and the Economics Department at Princeton University. His many books include The Analysis of Household Surveys and Economics and Consumer Behavior. He is a past president of the American Economic Association.

Release date Australia

May 26th, 2015

Author

Angus Deaton

Audiences

General (US: Trade)
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

50 b/w illus.

Pages

376

Dimensions

140x216x28

ISBN-13

9780691165622

Product ID

22964322

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