Customer Review: Kenneth Pomeranz's The Great Divergence reinforces some arguments of Frank's ReOrient and reformulates some others. Like Frank, Pomeranz argues that European economy was not unusually different from or superior to the economies of China and Japan until the 19th century. Like Frank, Pomeranz also... more info
Customer Review: This book would be a great piece of fiction in a communist country which is trying to condemn capitalism and extol the virtues of Marxism/Communism, but not the classroom. This is a piece of propaganda that uses history of economics as a vessel for political ranting and whining. Be careful in... more info
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