The Origins of Poverty and Wealth

My world tour and insights from the global libertarian movement

Based on an extensive global tourof 30 countries, bestselling author and historian Rainer Zitelmann gives hispersonal insights into the progress of capitalism and the libertarian movementaround the world.

Asuncion,Bogota, Buenos Aires, Bucharest, Gdansk, Hanoi, Kathmandu, Montevideo, Memphis,New York, Santiago de Chile, Seoul, Tbilisi, Tirana, Ulaanbaatar, Zurich –these are just a few of the stops on Rainer Zitelmann’s world tour. Thehistorian and sociologist traveled to thirty countries on four continents intwenty months, covering over 160,000 miles.

The authorpresents an exciting mix of personal impressions, historical research, resultsof international surveys and, above all, hundreds of conversations witheconomists, entrepreneurs, journalists, politicians and ordinary people inthese countries.

This bookgives readers far deeper insights into these thirty countries than any touristvisit can, presenting the societies and their backgrounds, exploring eachnation with its history and future. From the perspective of an intellectualfreedom lover, this book shows how poverty and wealth arise.

Zitelmann alsomeets leading figures from the global libertarian movement in Europe, theUnited States, Latin America and Asia. Like never before, readers are given anunderstanding of the ideas and activities of this movement, which recently roseto prominence with the election of Javier Milei as President of Argentina.

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