Which book is recommended to read about the economic history of the world?
The world is a big place and most books concentrate on a region or a continent; Europe, Asia, Africa, N America and so on. However, here are a few that take a broad look at economic development. I think they are all available at Amazon. False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World; Alan Beattie (partly humorous) A Farewell to Alms: A Brief Economic History of the World (Princeton Economic History of the Western World); Gregory Clark (takes a cultural view; the poor have only themselves to blame etc) A Concise Economic History of the World: From Paleolithic Times to the Present; Rondo Cameron & Larry Neal (not concise at all but nice reading) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of World Economic History: Since 1750; Graham Bannock & R.E Baxter (yeah – an encyclopedia – enormous but valuable to dip into – could be expensive) OK?
