Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes

By Paul Bairoch

Book Overview

A bracing, no-holds-barred debunking of mistaken views of global economics

In Economics and World History, Paul Bairoch clearly and succinctly debunks a number of commonly held beliefs about economic history and the causes and consequences of important events around the world. Taking on twenty commonly held misconceptions, including that free trade and population growth have historically led to periods of economic growth; that a move away from free trade caused the Great Depression; and that colonial powers in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries became rich through the exploitation of the Third World, Bairoch shows in each case where the mistaken belief originated and why deeper knowledge of economics shows it to b wrong. The resulting book is a treasury for free thinkers, a book that will simultaneously clear up mistakes and help readers avoid making new ones.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226034631
• ISBN13: 9780226034638
• Release Date: September 1995
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.3"