The birth of plenty how the prosperity of the modern world was created - Bernstein, William J. (New York McGraw-Hill, 2004)
A hypothesis of wealth -- Property -- Reason -- Capital -- Power, speed, and light -- Synthesis of growth -- The winners : Holland and England -- Runners-up -- The last -- God, culture, mammon, and the hedonic treadmill -- The great trade-off -- Mammon and Mars : the winner's curse -- The end of growth? -- When, where, and whither.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 387-401) and index.
Keywords: Wealth; Economic history; Quality of life