PublishedPrinceton University Press, May 2015 |
ISBN9780691165622 |
FormatSoftcover, 376 pages |
Dimensions21.6cm × 14cm |
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
