Description: Now in paperback: The acclaimed, bestselling exploration of one of the most contentious and hotly debated questions of our time: Why do some nations achieve economic success while others remain mired in poverty? Featured on C-Span.
Brief description: David S. Landes (1924--2013) was professor emeritus at Harvard University and the author of The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, Bankers and Pashas, The Unbound Prometheus, and Revolution in Time.
Review Quotes: You cannot even begin to think about problems of economic development and convergence without knowing the story that Landes tells...I know of no better place to start thinking about the wealth and poverty of nations.--J. Bradford DeLong "Washington Post"