A Short History of Economic Development I

Economic Development is New, Starting Around 1750 The world we've seen is divided, is startlingly so, between some very rich countries and some very, very poor countries. A billion people roughly live in the high income world. Another billion, roughly, that live in the poor countries, the low income world. And then another 5 billion, 5 7ths of humanity are in between, in the middle income countries. How did this vast difference unfold? How is it that we have countries like the United States, ..