El viatge de la humanitat

For a long time it has been believed that the prosperity of the human being had increased gradually over the course of history. However, this is a distortion, because this progress did not translate into improvements in quality of life at all. Why did the human being live stagnant for most of his existence? What lit the fuse for the enormous transformation of our living standards just two hundred years ago? And why has this progress led to such a large inequality gap in the world? Based on these three fundamental questions, the eminent Israeli economist and thinker Oded Galor reveals in this fascinating and revealing narrative the keys to understanding two of the great mysteries of the evolution of humanity: progress and inequality. By tracing our trajectory and subtracting the most obvious influences, Galor arrives at the ultimate explanation of the causes of this imbalance and reveals to us the essential role that genetic diversity and geographical wealth have played in our development that continues to be perpetuated today.