Yet the world needs a broader metric to assess the sustainability of economic development. The World Bank’s The Changing Wealth of Nations (CWON) program provides the most comprehensive wealth ...

And from at least the time of Adam Smith's 1776 "Wealth of Nations" to 1998's Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Jared Diamond, "Guns, Germs, and Steel," people have speculated why some areas of the globe ...

I found it in abundance in the latest book by interdisciplinary scholar Riane Eisler. The Real Wealth of Nations tackles the dismal science of economics and proves conclusively that it deserves that ...

Sylla, Richard and Wright, Robert E. 2013. Corporation formation in the antebellum United States in comparative context. Business History, Vol. 55, Issue. 4, p. 653.

One of the greatest privileges of academic life is being surrounded by profound thinkers and innovative solutions to unexpected problems. Such ...

Adam Smith published his Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations in 1776, adding a second revolutionary event to that fateful year. A political democracy was born on one side ...

If the world makes a permanent move away from using fossil fuels, the likely result will be a huge reduction in the value of their national and natural wealth. These nations face three special ...

Integrating insights from The Theory of Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations into contemporary empirical analysis, this book shapes economic betterment as a science of human beings. 'The new ...

Many Western Nations and wealthy countries have unknowingly helped corrupt leaders from Bangladesh hide their stolen wealth. These countries provide attractive financial systems that make it easy ...

The Changing Wealth of Nations – a follow-up publication to the 2006 book, Where is the Wealth of Nations? – extends the principles of wealth accounting to include dimensions that go beyond the ...