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Very good but problems remain,
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This review is from: The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause (Economics, Cognition, and Society) (Hardcover)
The main thesis of the book is that increasing population size was the impetus behind the sharply increasing growth in standards of living starting in the late 18th century. He claims that gradual improvements on technology allowed increased population which assisted technological improvements which fed back into population; and the feedback cycle took off when the population in Europe hit a particular point. This point actually seems pretty straightforward; and he backs it up with loads of data and graphs.The problems I have are: 1) his evidence and reasoning for why it didn't take off in China or India before Europe are inadequate and 2) the related claim that institutions basically don't matter, at least in the original take-off. |
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The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause (Economics, Cognition, and Society) by Julian Lincoln Simon (Hardcover - January 9, 2001)
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