Before and Beyond Divergence
by Jean-Laurent Rosenthal, Roy Bin Wong
276 pages· 2011· ISBN 9780674057913
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Why did sustained economic growth arise in Europe rather than in China? The authors combine economic theory and historical evidence to argue that political processes drove the economic divergence between the two world regions, with continued consequences today that become clear in this innovative account.
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