And from at least the time of Adam Smith's 1776 "Wealth of Nations" to 1998's Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Jared Diamond, "Guns, Germs, and Steel," people have speculated why some areas of the globe ...

I found it in abundance in the latest book by interdisciplinary scholar Riane Eisler. The Real Wealth of Nations tackles the dismal science of economics and proves conclusively that it deserves that ...

The Changing Wealth of Nations – a follow-up publication to the 2006 book, Where is the Wealth of Nations? – extends the principles of wealth accounting to include dimensions that go beyond the ...

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A recent feature article in Nature examined the scientific impact of nations using the metrics of total publications and citations. 1 For decision-making purposes, the article appears to be misleading ...

The book has enlivened the study of economics for beginning students for more than 40 years. Adam Smith published his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776 ...

If the world makes a permanent move away from using fossil fuels, the likely result will be a huge reduction in the value of their national and natural wealth. These nations face three special ...

The subtitle, “A History of the Ideas and How They Help Build the Wealth of Nations”, aptly describes the book’s narrative arc as it works chronologically through four “core subjects”: After a chapter ...

Yet the world needs a broader metric to assess the sustainability of economic development. The World Bank’s The Changing Wealth of Nations (CWON) program provides the most comprehensive wealth ...