The Origin Of Wealth

… A brilliant, thought-provoking and wide-ranging book … anybody interested in understanding why we are where we are should read it. For me, it was more than the business book of 2006; it was the book of 2006 – Martin Wolf * Financial Times *Beinhocker is nothing if not ambitious – Sir Howard Davies, director of The LSE * The Times Higher Educational Supplement *An absorbing survey…[a] tour de force – James Pressley * Bloomberg *Economic thinking has changed radically in the last fifteen years.Eric Beinhocker gives us a sparkling tour of the new ideas. – Professor W. Brian Arthur, Santa Fe InstituteFor business readers and academics, Beinhocker is a zealous and able guide * Publishers Weekly *A remarkable book … you must read it. It is unquestionably the most important business book of the year * Management Today *Mr Beinhocker is a master synthesizer – Michael Schrage * strategy + business *A brilliant piece of intellectual history that deserves a prominent place on any shelf of economic literature * The Washington Post *

Eric D. Beinhocker is a partner at McKinsey & Company and is one of the leaders of its Global Strategy Practice. He has also worked as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and has held research appointments at the Harvard Business School, the MIT Center for Organizational Learning, and the Santa Fe Institute.

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