The Birth of Plenty: How the Modern World of Prosperity Was Launched

Abridged
Author: William Berstein
Narrator: Grover Gardner
Genres: Philosophy
Publisher: American Media International
Date: January 2005
Length: 4 hours, 30 minutes
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 4.5/5
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A daring look at the development of human prosperity--how it was created and where it's headed. Filled with meticulous research, this work proposes that mankind experienced virtually no growth until 1830, and that since then four conditions have sustained economic growth.

Selected Reviews

Birth of Plenty

by Ray Sikorski
  • Book Rating: 5/5

The Birth of Plenty

by My two cents
  • Book Rating: 5/5

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Birth of Plenty

Written by Ray Sikorski from Tampa, FL on November 10th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

A fascinating look at what it has taken for mankind to reach this point in our socioeconomic development. I pulled off the road and took notes at least a dozen times. Very well researched and presented, but a bit dry if you're not into the how and why of economic history.

The Birth of Plenty

Written by My two cents on August 10th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

A fine economic history with anecdotes and references about great thinkers, inventors and events that brought about the dynamic uplifting of the human condition in the Western culture that we take for granted today.

The Birth of Plenty

Written by Autumn Smith on January 27th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 3/5

It was exactly what is sounds like. It is a history of the U.S. as if someone was reading out of a textbook. I gave it three stars since it is what it says it is. It lost two stars for its entertainment value.

Interesting

Written by Wil Morphew from Norman, AR on March 22nd, 2006

  • Book Rating: 3/5

Never 'caught' me, but was fairly entertaining at points

The Birth of Plenty

Written by Jen B from Parker, CO on October 5th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Excellent material and format. My only criticism is its view of the Christian church as being purely corrupt and keeping people from achieving their full potential. As a student of church history, it has done much for civilization. However, as with most human enterprises, there are good and bad aspects. This book focused ENTIRELY on the negative aspects. I appreciate the honest view of what life was really like in decades and centuries past. People's circumstances were told as it is and not romanticized as is so common nowadays. A real eye-opener.

Selected Reviews

Birth of Plenty

by Ray Sikorski
  • Book Rating: 5/5

The Birth of Plenty

by My two cents
  • Book Rating: 5/5

More...

Read All 5