Oded Galor
Autor von The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
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El viaje de la humanidad: El big bang de las… von Oded Galor
Trata de explicar el origen de la desigualdad. Si bien algunas de las hipótesis comparto no me gusto el desarrollo de las mismas. Me pareció desordenado y reiterativo
What got my attention and led me to read this book was a citation that seemed to show that Oded Galor had discovered the writings of the forgotten German Communist Karl August Wittfogel. It turns out that I was misinformed.
The reference to Wittfogel — who really did have some fantastic insights into human history — is very brief. Instead Galor cites popular historians like Jared Diamond far more often. His book, like Diamond’s, ranges over tens of thousands of years of human history and manages to make several interesting points. But it’s repetitive, in many ways unoriginal, and sadly not very memorable. I wish I had liked it more.… (mehr)
The reference to Wittfogel — who really did have some fantastic insights into human history — is very brief. Instead Galor cites popular historians like Jared Diamond far more often. His book, like Diamond’s, ranges over tens of thousands of years of human history and manages to make several interesting points. But it’s repetitive, in many ways unoriginal, and sadly not very memorable. I wish I had liked it more.… (mehr)
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