The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause

by Julian L. Simon, Timur Kuran, Richard A. Easterlin

One of Julian Simon's last works-in-progress--cut short just before completion by his death in early 1998--The Great Breakthrough and Its Cause explores the question of why human progress accelerated in Western Europe starting around 1750. Why did life expectancy, the household consumption level, speeds of travel and communication, the literacy rate, and other aspects of the standard of living leap above those in the previous centuries and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472110977
• ISBN13: 9780472110971
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.2"