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The great escape : health, wealth, and the origins of inequality

Title
  1. The great escape : health, wealth, and the origins of inequality / Angus Deaton.
Published by
  1. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
  2. ©2013
Supplementary content
  1. Contributor biographical information
  2. Publisher description
Author
  1. Deaton, Angus

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Description
  1. xv, 360 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
  1. "Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting two hundred and fifty years ago, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's hugely unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and he addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind."--Publisher description.
Subject
  1. World Health
  2. Public Health > economics
  3. World health
  4. Income
  5. Income distribution
  6. Socioeconomic Factors
Contents
  1. Introduction : what this book is about -- The wellbeing of the world -- Life and death. From prehistory to 1945 ; Escaping death in the tropics ; Health in the modern world -- Money. Material wellbeing in the United States ; Globalization and the greatest escape -- Help. How to help those left behind -- Postscript : what comes next?
Call number
  1. JBE 16-183
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-350) and index.
Author
  1. Deaton, Angus, author.
Title
  1. The great escape : health, wealth, and the origins of inequality / Angus Deaton.
Publisher
  1. Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Copyright date
  1. ©2013
Type of content
  1. text
Type of medium
  1. unmediated
Type of carrier
  1. volume
Bibliography
  1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-350) and index.
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  1. Table of contents
  2. Contributor biographical information
  3. Publisher description
LCCN
  1. 2013941754
ISBN
  1. 9780691153544 (alk. paper)
  2. 069115354X (alk. paper)
  3. 9780691165622 (pbk.)
  4. 0691165629 (pbk.)
Research call number
  1. JBE 16-183
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