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The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

Angus Deaton

The world is a better place than it used to be. People are wealthier and healthier. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many have left gaping inequalities between people and between nations. This book tells the story of how, some parts of the world began to experience sustained progress, and set the stage for unequal world.

Business & EconomicsBusiness & Economics · medium confidenceBusiness & Economics81 signalsLlm Classifier: Business & Economics -> Business & EconomicsTopic Classifier: Indigenous History -> American HistoryAward Category: PROSE Award for Economics -> Business & EconomicsIndigenous HistoryClass, Poverty & InequalityLabor, Work & OrganizingMedicine, Health & the Body

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
PROSE Award for Economics2013Honorable mentionOfficial source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Sustained progress in some parts of the world produced large inequalities between people and between nations, as escapes from destitution left gaping differences.

    Model confidence 62%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    65 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 58%.