Books Recommended by Edmund S. Phelps
1 book recommended by Edmund S. Phelps
Exceptional People: How Migration Shaped Our World and Will Define Our Future
by Ian Goldin, Geoffrey Cameron, Meera Balarajan
A sweeping and constructive study. With a deep sense of what sort of creatures we humans are, this book takes us through millennia in the unending quest of people for development and discovery. It suggests that population movements have been the carriers of innovation from… Read the full quote
A sweeping and constructive study. With a deep sense of what sort of creatures we humans are, this book takes us through millennia in the unending quest of people for development and discovery. It suggests that population movements have been the carriers of innovation from one region to others. It will change, if anything can, the way governments and international organizations view immigration policy.