Paleoeconomics: Climate Change and Economic Development in Prehistory
Climate and geography in prehistory, and the long course of economic development that followed from both.
Ola Olsson surveys what is known about how climate shifts, agriculture and geography shaped economic development before recorded history, drawing together archaeology, climate science and growth economics. The material is technical and much of it is genuinely hard to evaluate, so this is a survey for readers willing to hold conclusions loosely.
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Tyler Cowen
Ola Olsson, Paleoeconomics: Climate Change and Economic Development in Prehistory surveys plenty of information about what the subtitle suggests. I found the material difficult to evaluate, and so only read part of this one. Nonetheless I suspect it is the best book on its topic.
Source · December 2024
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