The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality

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This breakthrough scientific masterwork - and INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - reveals the underlying forces that have shaped human history and will secure our future...

'Unparalleled in its scope and ambition . . . All readers will learn something' Washington Post

'Masterful. Galor answers the ultimate mystery' LEWIS DARTNELL

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The stunning advances that have transformed human experience in recent centuries are no accident of history - they are the result of universal and timeless forces, operating since the dawn of our species. Drawing on a lifetime's scientific investigation, Oded Galor's ground-breaking new vision overturns a host of long-held assumptions to reveal the deeper causes that have shaped the journey of humanity:

Education rather than industrialisation
Family size and gender equality as much as inventions and technology
Geography and diversity rather than wars, disease and famine

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'An inspiring, readable, jargon-free and almost impossibly erudite masterwork' New Statesman

'His optimism about humanity shines through' Observer

'A magisterial, suspense-filled thriller full of surprises and profound insights' Glenn C. Loury

'If you need an evidence-based antidote to doomscrolling, here it is' Guardian