The Age of Equality

The Twentieth Century in Economic Perspective

Richard Pomfret

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$28.95 • £23.95 • €26.00

ISBN 9780674062177

Publication Date: 10/15/2011

Short

296 pages

5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches

2 maps, 3 graphs, 15 tables

Belknap Press

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Preface
Introduction
1. The Age of Liberty
2. War and Depression
3. The Soviet Economic Model
4. Multilateralism and Welfare State in the First World
5. Decolonization and Cold War
6. The Conservative Reaction in the West
7. The Collapse of Central Planning
8. The End of the Third World
9. From the Age of Equality to the Age of Fraternity
Glossary and Abbreviations
Notes
References
Index

Awards & Accolades

A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2011 on Economic, Social, and Environmental Subjects

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