Favorites of Fortune: Technology, Growth, and Economic Development since the Industrial Revolution

by Patrice L.R. Higonnet (Editor), David S. Landes (Editor)

A galaxy of distinguished international economists and historians pit economic history against the shaky assumptions of the classical economic theory of natural growth. Their explanations consider the factors of technology, entrepreneurialism, and paths to economic growth, but each reflects an ideological wave of explanation that has marked the last two hundred years.

576 pages, Paperback

First published August 11, 1998