in the New World. Relatively forgotten today, Cary’s work served as the basis for an international move toward using …

Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world -- The logic of the Malthusian economy -- Material living … revolution -- The industrial revolution in England -- Why England? Why not China, Japan or India? -- Social consequences -- World … growth since 1800 -- The proximate sources of divergence -- Why isn't the whole world developed? -- Conclusion : strange new …