"Compact and immensely readable . . . a tour de force. Prepare to be amazed." -- John C. Bogle, Founder and Former CEO, The Vanguard Group
"Vital--a cogent, timely journey through the economic history of the modern world." -- Publishers Weekly
In The Birth of Plenty, William Bernstein, the bestselling author of The Four Pillars of Investing, presents his provocative, highly acclaimed theory of why prosperity has been the engine of civilization for the last 200 years.
This is a fascinating, irresistibly written "big-picture" work that highlights and explains the...
"Compact and immensely readable . . . a tour de force. Prepare to be amazed." -- John C. Bogle, Founder and Former CEO, The Vanguard Group
'A Splendid Exchange' sets out to establish just what drove early man to trade & to examine its profound influence on the world we know today. William Bernstein goes on to suggest that an anlysis of one of the globe's most ancient forms of communication might teach us about how to avoid seemingly new anxieties.
'A Splendid Exchange' sets out to establish just what drove early man to trade & to examine its profound influence on the world we know today. William...
