The Origins of Poverty and Wealth

Rainer Zitelmann

A libertarian writer tours the world asking why some countries got rich and others did not.

Rainer Zitelmann combines travel memoir with argument, visiting economies across several continents and reporting what he found alongside his own free-market reading of it. The insights come mixed with the itinerary and the movement he has spent years writing about, so the book works best for readers who want the perspective openly stated rather than concealed.

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Tyler Cowen

Rainer Zitelmann, The Origins of Poverty and Wealth: My World Tour and Insights from the Global Libertarian Movement is a kind of travel memoir from a man who has become one of our most prolific writers on behalf of liberty.

Source · February 2025

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