Which historical currents account for the staggering inequality in the wealth of nations today? Professor Oded Galor, founding thinker behind Unified Growth Theory, takes Matthew on a journey through the economic history of mankind, from the Stone Age to the present day, to reveal the characteristics which set some on the path to prosperity, and left those disadvantaged in ways still echoed today.
In this lively interview series from the RSA, Matthew Taylor, puts a range of practitioners on the spot - from scholars to business leaders, politicians to journalists - by asking for big ideas to help build effective bridges to our new future.
Oded Galor is Herbert H. Goldberger Professor of Economics at Brown University and the founding thinker behind Unified Growth Theory, which seeks to uncover the fundamental causes of development, prosperity and inequality over the entire span of human history. He has shared the insights of his lifetime’s work in this field at some of the most prestigious lectures around the globe and has now distilled those discoveries into The Journey of Humanity.
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