The journey of humanity: Roots of inequality in the wealth of nations

• Authors: Oded Galor

Abstracts

EN

This essay explores the journey of humanity since the emergence of Homo sapiens 300,000 years ago. It analyses the critical role of Unified Growth Theory in resolving two fundamental mysteries that had characterized this journey: (i) The mystery of growth-why did living standards stagnate for most of human history and what led to their sudden soar 200 years ago? (ii) the mystery of inequality-what are the roots of the major surge in inequality across

Keywords

EN

population diversity; population diversity; population diversity; population diversity; population diversity

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Poznaniu
• Journal: Economics and Business Review
• Year: 2020
• Volume: 6(20)
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 7-18

Contributors

author

Oded Galor

• Department of Economics, Brown University, Providence RI 02912, USA

Identifiers

DOI

10.18559/ebr.2020.2.2

Biblioteka Nauki

961154