The Birth of Plenty

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• hsitz · Feb 5, 2018 · Recommends

  William Bernstein has argued pretty well that the growth of economies over the long term has held pretty stable over (surprisingly) the last several hundred years. See his book, "The Birth of Plenty": https://www.amazon.com/Birth-Plenty-Prosperity-Modern-Create... The keys to economic growth he identifies are (1) property rights, (2) scientific rationalism, (3) capital markets, and (4) adequate…

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• jakozaur · Jul 16, 2020 · Recommends

  …Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order Historical: The Birth of Plenty: How the Prosperity of the Modern World was Created Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty General: Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces…

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• mstockton · Nov 13, 2013 · Recommends

  …Lakoff - Seeing Like A State, James Scott - Ishmael, Daniel Quinn - Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman, Richard Feynman - Beyond Fear, Bruce Schneier - The Omnivore's Dilemma, Michael Pollan - The Birth Of Plenty, William Bernstein

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• jtolle · May 5, 2014 · Recommends

  I've liked other stuff by William Bernstein. His book "The Birth of Plenty" is excellent. I haven't read the pamphlet mentioned in the article, but I just downloaded it. I'll be interested to see what his advice is to younger people now. At least in the past, he was not quite…

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• maxprogram · Sep 2, 2017 · Recommends

  …Drucker -- "essential" reading for anyone in management or scaling a startup. History, and why the world is the way it is today: Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond The Birth of Plenty, William Bernstein They Made America, Harold Evans -- fantastic history book with each chapter telling the detailed story of a businessperson or inventor in U.S. history

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• pfedor · Jun 30, 2009 · Mentions

  Haven't read the full paper, but this caught my eye: The world economy, which now doubles in 15 years, would soon double in a week to a month According to the book "The Birth of Plenty" by William J. Bernstein, the world's wealth has been growing at a steady rate of 2% since 1820. Not sure where the disagreement comes from. Maybe the author of the article doesn't make a correction…

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• pfedor · Apr 9, 2013 · Mentions

  …interests "Corporate and big business interests", i.e., publicly traded companies, are responsible for the majority of wealth creation (source: well it's obvious, but see for example William Bernstein, "The Birth of Plenty".) So what you said can be rephrased as, "The US system works to enable wealth creation", or in other words, "The US system is optimized for providing the best standard of living for its citizens."…

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