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Aug 01, 2017pm221 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A surprisingly quick and enjoyable read for nearly 600 pages of economics. The author takes pains to work slowly and carefully through his exposition, and the translation is absolutely pellucid. An invaluable counterpoint to the work of Angus Maddison on how misleading averages can be without close examination of the ends of the distribution. No wonder it became a best seller.