The Age of Equality: The Twentieth Century in Economic Perspective

Alongside unprecedented improvements in longevity and material well-being, the twentieth century saw the rise of fascism and communism and a second world war followed by a cold war. Governments with market economies won the battle against these competing systems by combining growth and efficiency with greater equality of opportunity and outcome.

• | Author: Richard Pomfret
• | Publisher: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: October 15, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 296 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0674062175
• | ISBN-13: 9780674062177