{"title":"As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West","authors":"Neil Cummins","doi":"10.1257/jel.62.1.317.r1","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Neil Cummins of London School of Economics reviews “As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West” by Guido Alfani. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the role and significance of the Western rich and superrich in history, detailing important aspects of their behavior to pinpoint patterns representing elements of continuity or change.”","PeriodicalId":509385,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Economic Literature","volume":"58 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Economic Literature","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1257/jel.62.1.317.r1","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Neil Cummins of London School of Economics reviews “As Gods Among Men: A History of the Rich in the West” by Guido Alfani. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Explores the role and significance of the Western rich and superrich in history, detailing important aspects of their behavior to pinpoint patterns representing elements of continuity or change.”