Bernstein, William J. <br/><br/>
The birth of plenty :  how the prosperity of the modern world was created / 
William J. Bernstein. 
 - New York :  McGraw-Hill,  c2004. 
 - xii, 420 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-401) and index. 
<br/><br/>A 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 hedonic treadmill -- The great trade-off -- Mammon and Mars : the winner's curse -- The end of growth? -- When, where, and whither. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0071421920 (hardcover : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Wealth.<br/>Economic history.<br/>Quality of life.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HC79  / B47 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>339.2222