{"title":"Gregory Clark","description":"\u003cp\u003eGregory Clark’s works delve into the complex interplay of economics, history, and social evolution, offering readers thoughtful analyses of wealth, societal mobility, and economic development. His explorations challenge conventional wisdom, weaving empirical research with broad historical insight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for those intrigued by economic history and social science, Clark’s books provide a rigorous yet accessible approach to understanding the forces shaping human societies. Expect a compelling blend of data-driven argument and provocative interpretation in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-son-also-rises-by-gregory-clark-9780691168371","title":"The Son Also Rises","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHow much of our fate is tied to the status of our parents and grandparents? How much does it influence our children? More than we wish to believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhile it has been argued that rigid class structures have eroded in favour of greater social equality, \u003cem\u003eThe Son Also Rises\u003c\/em\u003e proves that movement on the social ladder has changed little over eight centuries. Using a novel technique—tracking family names over generations to measure social mobility across countries and periods—renowned economic historian Gregory Clark reveals that mobility rates are lower than conventionally estimated, do not vary across societies, and are resistant to social policies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClark examines and compares surnames in such diverse cases as modern Sweden and Qing Dynasty China. He demonstrates how fate is determined by ancestry and that almost all societies have similarly low social mobility rates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChallenging popular assumptions about mobility and revealing the deeply entrenched force of inherited advantage, \u003cem\u003eThe Son Also Rises\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to prompt intense debate for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"NewSouth Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471829844204,"sku":"9780691168371","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691168371-the-son-also-rises.jpg?v=1775258682"},{"product_id":"a-farewell-to-alms-by-gregory-clark-9780691141282","title":"A Farewell to Alms","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhy are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution—and the unprecedented economic growth that came with it—occur in eighteenth-century England, and not at some other time, or in some other place? Why didn't industrialisation make the whole world rich—and why did it make large parts of the world even poorer?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eA Farewell to Alms\u003c\/em\u003e, Gregory Clark tackles these profound questions and suggests a new and provocative way in which culture—not exploitation, geography, or resources—explains the wealth, and the poverty, of nations. Countering the prevailing theory that the Industrial Revolution was sparked by the sudden development of stable political, legal, and economic institutions in seventeenth-century Europe, Clark shows that such institutions existed long before industrialisation. He argues instead that these institutions gradually led to deep cultural changes by encouraging people to abandon hunter-gatherer instincts—violence, impatience, and economy of effort—and adopt economic habits—hard work, rationality, and education.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe problem, Clark says, is that only societies that have long histories of settlement and security seem to develop the cultural characteristics and effective workforces that enable economic growth. For the many societies that have not enjoyed long periods of stability, industrialisation has not been a blessing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eClark also dissects the notion, championed by Jared Diamond in \u003cem\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel\u003c\/em\u003e, that natural endowments such as geography account for differences in the wealth of nations. A brilliant and sobering challenge to the idea that poor societies can be economically developed through outside intervention, \u003cem\u003eA Farewell to Alms\u003c\/em\u003e may change the way global economic history is understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595500044524,"sku":"9780691141282","price":84.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780691141282-a-farewell-to-alms.jpg?v=1777898333"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/gregory-clark.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}