The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0226256626
ISBN 13
9780226256627
Category
EIPE
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Publication Year
2000
Publisher
Pages
383
Description
Robert William Fogel was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Science in 1993."To take a trip around the mind of Robert Fogel, one of the grand old men of American economic history, is a rare treat. At every turning, you come upon some shiny pearl of information."—The EconomistIn this broad-thinking and profound piece of history, Robert William Fogel synthesizes an amazing range of data into a bold and intriguing view of America's past and future—one in which the periodic Great Awakenings of religion bring about waves of social reform, the material lives of even the poorest Americans improve steadily, and the nation now stands poised for a renewed burst of egalitarian progress. - from Amzon
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