The Great Escape

By Angus Deaton

Categories: Business & Money

Asserts that 250 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 and examines the United States, a nation that has prospered but is today experiencing slower growth and increasing inequality.

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• Shane Parrish: “Winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics. At first, I felt a little underwhelmed and I wasn’t sure why — the writing is clear and the topic is interesting. Then it hit me – for the first time in ages I wasn’t been manipulated to support a specific argument.”