How the World Became Rich
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How the World Became Rich
| Full title | How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth |
|---|---|
| Author | Mark Koyama and Jared Rubin |
| Published | 2022 |
| Pages | 240 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Koyama and Rubin walk through every serious explanation for the escape from Malthusian poverty — geography, institutions, culture, demography, colonies, coal — and weigh them against each other. |
Where I heard about it
- A reply to @SpencrGreenberg — named in answer to his question “What non-fiction book taught you the most about how the world (or how humanity or society) really works?” in a thread on X, June 2025. The full set of replies lives on A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet).
Connections
- Economic Growth — The question the book is organised around.
- Economic History — The field.
- Institutions — One of the leading explanations it weighs.
- Prosperity — The outcome being explained.
- A question for you — What non-fiction… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
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