Why the West Grew Rich and the Rest Did Not Servaas Storm

In the context of the new book by Niall Ferguson, the author explores how economic history of the dominance of the West has been variably interpreted.

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This article was originally published in Development and Change 44(5): 1181–1206. DOI: 10.1111/dech.12049, 2013.