THE WEALTH AND POVERTY OF NATIONS - WHY SOME ARE SO RICH AND SOME SO POOR - LANDES,DS

Authors
EICHENGREEN B
Citation
B. Eichengreen, THE WEALTH AND POVERTY OF NATIONS - WHY SOME ARE SO RICH AND SOME SO POOR - LANDES,DS, Foreign affairs, 77(2), 1998, pp. 128
Citations number
1
Categorie Soggetti
International Relations
Journal title
Foreign affairs → ACNP
ISSN journal
00157120
Volume
77
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-7120(1998)77:2<128:TWAPON>2.0.ZU;2-J
Abstract
In The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, David S. Landes argues that Euro pe's temperate climate encouraged hard work and capitalist development , while the heat of the tropics brought reliance on slaves. Will the l egacy of these differences persist?