The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some Are So Poor (Taschenbuch) von David S. Landes   Rezensionen: Professor David S. Landes takes a historic approach to the analysis of the distribution of wealth in this landmark study of world economics. Landes argues that the key to today's disparity between the rich and poor nations of the world stems directly from the industrial revolution, in which some countries made the leap to industrialization and became fabulously rich, while other countries failed to adapt and remained poor. Why some countries were able to industrialize and others weren't has been the subject of much heated debate over the decades; climate, natural resources, and geography have all been put forward as explanations--and are all brushed aside by Landes in favor of his own controversial theory: that the ability to effect an industrial revolution is dependent on certain cultural traits, without which industrialization is impossible to sustain. Landes contrasts the characteristics of successfully industrialized nations--work, thrift, honesty, patience, and tenacity--with those of nonindustrial countries, arguing that until these values are internalized by all nations, the gulf between the rich and poor will continue to grow.-- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine vergriffene oder nicht verfügbare Ausgabe dieses Titels. © 1998-2001 Amazon.com, Inc. und Tochtergesellschaften Alle Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Wealth ,  Poverty ,  Nations  ab 1 Euro! Siehe auch folgende Artikel: Guns, Germs, And Steel: The Fates of Human Societies von Jared Diamond Collapse von Jared Diamond The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order von Samuel P. Huntington A New Green History of the World: The Environment and the Collapse of Great Civilizations von Clive Ponting Mehr zu  Development & Growth,  Economic Conditions,  Economic History,  Economic Policy & Development,  International,  Theory,  Business & Investing,  Economic Conditions,  Popular Economics,  Policy & Current Events,  Western Home ...,    Angebote ansehen ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)