Oded Galor
Author of The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality
Works by Oded Galor
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Gender
- male
Members
Reviews
Lists
Science (1)
Statistics
- Works
- 6
- Members
- 136
- Popularity
- #149,926
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 2
- ISBNs
- 23
- Languages
- 7
The reference to Wittfogel — who really did have some fantastic insights into human history — is very brief. Instead Galor cites popular historians like Jared Diamond far more often. His book, like Diamond’s, ranges over tens of thousands of years of human history and manages to make several interesting points. But it’s repetitive, in many ways unoriginal, and sadly not very memorable. I wish I had liked it more.… (more)