Dave's review of A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World
A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World by Gregory Clark
If you like books that make you reconsider much of what you "think you know" about history and the world we live in, then pick up this book and give it some thought. Not sayin' you'll come away with changed opinions. But like Guns, Germs and Steel, A Farewll to Alms is a gutsy thesis that attempts nothing less than to answer one of the greatest riddles of human history: why are some of us rich and some us poor? This book raises more probing questions than it provides answers. That, to me, is the definition of a good book.
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