Books by Paul Bairoch
Victoires et Déboires (Successes and Failures). Histoire économique du monde du XVIe siècle à nos jours
by Paul Bairoch
This is a magisterial three-volume economic history of the world from Columbus to Gorbachev. It covers the entire economic history of the world and he provides lots of numbers on many things like urbanisation, income distribution, population and so on. This is crucial for economic historians who want to build on these numbers.
Interviews where books by Paul Bairoch were recommended
The best books on Economic Inequality Between Nations and Peoples, recommended by Branko Milanovic
World Bank economist and author of The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Short and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality discusses global economic inequality and says internal issues of inequality breed aggressive foreign policy
