The great escape: health, wealth, and the origins of inequality

Introduction : what this book is about

The wellbeing of the world

Life and death. From prehistory to 1945 ; Escaping death in the tropics ; Health in the modern world

Money. Material wellbeing in the United States ; Globalization and the greatest escape

Help. How to help those left behind

Postscript : what comes next?

What this book is about

The wellbeing of the world.

Life and Death. From prehistory to 1945 ; Escaping death in the tropics ; Health in the modern world.

Money. Material wellbeing in the United States ; Globalization and the greatest escape.

Help. How to help those left behind

What comes next?