000023663 000__ 03435cam\a2200625\i\4500 000023663 001__ 23663 000023663 003__ SzGeWIPO 000023663 005__ 20210318104927.0 000023663 008__ 001027s2004\\\\nyua\\\\rb\\\\001\0\eng\d 000023663 010__ $$a 2003026155 000023663 020__ $$a0071421920$$qhardcover : alk. paper 000023663 020__ $$z9780071421928$$qhardcover 000023663 020__ $$z9780071747042 000023663 020__ $$z0071747044 000023663 020__ $$z007144291X$$qelectronic book 000023663 020__ $$z9780071442916$$qelectronic book 000023663 020__ $$z1280304472 000023663 020__ $$z9781280304477 000023663 035__ $$a(wipo)13417951 000023663 035__ $$a(OCoLC)53839875 000023663 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dCaBNVSL 000023663 042__ $$apcc 000023663 05000 $$aHC79.W4$$bB47 2004 000023663 08204 $$a339.2$$222 000023663 084__ $$aB 70 BER.B$$222 000023663 090__ $$c25877$$d25877 000023663 1001_ $$aBernstein, William J.,$$eauthor. 000023663 24514 $$aThe birth of plenty :$$bhow the prosperity of the modern world was created /$$cWilliam J. Bernstein. 000023663 264_1 $$aNew York :$$bMcGraw-Hill,$$cc2004. 000023663 300__ $$axii, 420 pages :$$billustrations ;$$c24 cm 000023663 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 000023663 337__ $$aunmediated$$bn$$2rdamedia 000023663 338__ $$avolume$$bnc$$2rdacarrier 000023663 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 387-401) and index. 000023663 5050_ $$aAn hypothesis of wealth -- Property -- Reason -- Capital -- Power, speed, and light -- Synthesis of growth -- The winners : Holland and England -- Runners-up -- The last -- God, culture, mammon, and the hydonic treadmill -- The great trade-off -- Mannon and Mars : the winner's curse -- The end of growth? -- When, where, and whither. 000023663 5201_ $$a"The Birth of Plenty suggests - and supports with groundbreaking analysis - that from the dawn of recorded history through 1820, the "mass of man" experienced essentially zero growth, both in economic standing or living standards. It was only in the nineteenth century that the world's standard of living began to inexorably and irreversibly improve and the modern world was born." "The Birth of Plenty frames the modern world's prosperity - or, in far too many cases, continuing lack of prosperity - in terms that are ingenious yet simple, complex yet easily understood. Entertaining and provocative, it will forever change the way you view the human pursuit of happiness and bring the conflicts of both the world's superpowers and developing nations into a fascinating and informative new light."--Jacket. 000023663 650_0 $$aIntellectual property : Economic aspects. 000023663 650_0 $$aIntellectual capital. 000023663 650_0 $$aEconomic history. 000023663 650_0 $$aWealth. 000023663 650_0 $$aInnovation and invention. 000023663 650_0 $$aQuality of life. 000023663 650_6 $$aHistoire économique. 000023663 650_6 $$aRichesse. 000023663 650_6 $$aQualité de la vie. 000023663 7001_ $$aBernstein, William J. 000023663 7102_ $$aMcgraw-Hill,. 000023663 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/mh042/2003026155.html 000023663 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh041/2003026155.html 000023663 85642 $$3Table of contents$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0411/2003026155.html 000023663 906__ $$a7$$bcbc$$corignew$$d1$$eecip$$f20$$gy-gencatlg 000023663 942__ $$cMON$$jB 70 BER.M 000023663 952__ $$w2007-04-24$$p2007-0485$$u37170$$bMAIN$$10$$kB 70 BER.B$$v2007-04-24$$z-$$70$$cLibrary 000023663 955__ $$asd13 2003-11-28$$csd13 2003-11-28;$$asd03 2003-11-28 to sd39 for subject;$$aaa19 2003-12-03$$aps13 2004-05-12 1 copy rec'd., to CIP ver.$$asp12 2005-03-16 copy 2 to BCCD 000023663 980__ $$aBIB 000023663 999__ $$c25877$$d25877