Download or read book Favorites of Fortune written by Patrice L. R. Higonnet and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A galaxy of distinguished international economists and historians pit economic history against the shaky assumptions of the classical economic theory of natural growth. Their explanations consider the factors of technology, entrepreneurialism, and paths to economic growth, but each reflects an ideological wave of explanation that has marked the last two hundred years.