Leave me alone and I'll make you rich : how the bourgeois deal enriched the world / Deirdre Nansen McCloskey and Art Carden.

"Deirdre McCloskey is one of our best-known economic historians and an advocate for free market capitalism and the power of ideas in shaping our economy. Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich collects the provocative arguments put forward by McCloskey in a trilogy published by the Press that mounts...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: McCloskey, Deirdre N. (Author)
Carden, Art (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Economic history > 1750-1918.
Economic history > 1918-
Economic history > Moral and ethical aspects.
Free enterprise > Social aspects.
Liberty > Economic aspects.
Liberalism > Economic aspects.
Libertarianism > Economic aspects.
Capitalism.
Progress.
Economics > Philosophy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History.
Economic history.
Since 1750
Physical Description:xvii, 227 pages ; 24 cm
Variant Title:
Leave me alone and I will make you rich
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part I. Poverty is on the run
  • Part II. Enrichment didn't come for the reasons you imagine
  • Part III. It came because ideas, ethics, rhetoric, and ideology changed
  • Part IV. The causes of the causes were not racial or ancient.