The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting 250 years ago, s...(展开全部)

安格斯·迪顿（Angus Deaton），诺贝尔经济学奖热门候选人，美国经济学学会前任主席，微观经济学家，剑桥大学博士，美国艺术与科学协会成员，计量经济学协会成员，世界银行首席经济学家咨询委员会成员、盖洛普组织高级研究员。首届弗里希奖的获得者、BBVA基金会经济、金融与管理知识前沿奖获得者。 此前，他曾任世界银行研究审核委员会主席、国际货币经济组织华盛顿访问学者、哈佛大学经济系顾问团主席、剑桥大学应用经济学系教授、特里？巴克菲茨威廉学院的研究员和研究主任。 主要著作包括《经济学与消费者行为》、《了解消费》、《家庭调查分析：发展政策的微观经济方法》、《伟大的印度贫困辩论》。

The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier, and live longer lives. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton--one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty--tells the remarkable story of how, starting 250 years ago, s...(展开全部)

安格斯·迪顿（Angus Deaton），诺贝尔经济学奖热门候选人，美国经济学学会前任主席，微观经济学家，剑桥大学博士，美国艺术与科学协会成员，计量经济学协会成员，世界银行首席经济学家咨询委员会成员、盖洛普组织高级研究员。首届弗里希奖的获得者、BBVA基金会经济、金融与管理知识前沿奖获得者。 此前，他曾任世界银行研究审核委员会主席、国际货币经济组织华盛顿访问学者、哈佛大学经济系顾问团主席、剑桥大学应用经济学系教授、特里？巴克菲茨威廉学院的研究员和研究主任。 主要著作包括《经济学与消费者行为》、《了解消费》、《家庭调查分析：发展政策的微观经济方法》、《伟大的印度贫困辩论》。

For fans of Sapiens and The Dawn of Everything, a groundbreaking exploration of gendered oppression—its origins, its histories, our attempts to understand it, and our efforts to combat it. For centuries, prominent thinkers have treated male domination among humans as natural or inevitable. But how would our understanding of gender inequality—our imagined past and contested pres...(展开全部)

In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the "great transformation" of the Industrial Revolution. His analysis explains not only the deficiencies of the self-regulating market, but the potentially dire social consequences of untempered market capitalism. New introductory material reveals t...(展开全部)

In this classic work of economic history and social theory, Karl Polanyi analyzes the economic and social changes brought about by the "great transformation" of the Industrial Revolution. His analysis explains not only the deficiencies of the self-regulating market, but the potentially dire social consequences of untempered market capitalism. New introductory material reveals t...(展开全部)

Is wealth inequality a universal feature of human societies, or did early peoples live an egalitarian existence? How did inequality develop before the modern era? Did inequalities in wealth increase as people settled into a way of life dominated by farming and herding? Why in general do such disparities increase, and how recent are the high levels of wealth inequality now exper...(展开全部)

Is wealth inequality a universal feature of human societies, or did early peoples live an egalitarian existence? How did inequality develop before the modern era? Did inequalities in wealth increase as people settled into a way of life dominated by farming and herding? Why in general do such disparities increase, and how recent are the high levels of wealth inequality now exper...(展开全部)

“Show me your teeth,” the great naturalist Georges Cuvier is credited with saying, “and I will tell you who you are.” In this shattering new work, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside America’s mouth, revealing unsettling truths about our unequal society. Teeth takes readers on a disturbing journey into America’s silent epidemic of oral disease, exposing the hidden ...(展开全部)