The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250
This foremost expert in economic development and poverty takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations. He reveals how the stage was set for today's hugely unequal world and addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind.
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The Great Escape . . . is a thoughtful and optimistic consideration on why some nations are wealthy, and thus healthy, and why others are not."
---Trey Carson, Review of Austrian Economics
