01462cam a22003614a 4500 17034816 OSt 20260622100326.0 111104s2004 nyua b 001 0 eng 2011285054 9780071747042 pbk. : alk. paper 17034816 DLC DLC DLC pcc HC79.W4 B47 2004b 339.2 22 Bernstein, William J. The birth of plenty : how the prosperity of the modern world was created / William J. Bernstein. [Pbk. ed.] New York : McGraw-Hill, c2004. xii, 420 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier An hypothesis of wealth -- Property -- Reason -- Capital -- Power, speed, and light -- Synthesis of growth -- The winners : Holland and England -- Runners-up -- The last -- God, culture, mammon, and the hydonic treadmill -- The great trade-off -- Mannon and Mars : the winner's curse -- The end of growth? -- When, where, and whither. Wealth. 3561 Economic history. 940 Quality of life. 2739 7 cbc origcop 2 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 18751 18751 0 0 ddc 0 0 INP INP MAIN 2025-09-03 0 339.2 024613 2025-09-03 00:00:00 2025-09-03 BK