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100			_aFogel Robert William
245	1	0	_aEscape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100: Europe, America and the Third World _c/ Robert William Fogel
260			_bCambridge Univ Pr. _c2004.
300			_a1961p,; _c20 cm.
504			_aindex
520			_aNobel laureate Robert Fogel's compelling new study examines health, nutrition and technology from 1700 to 2100. Although throughout most of human history, chronic malnutrition has been the norm, a synergy between improvements in productive technology and human physiology has enabled humans to more than double their average longevity and to increase their body size by over fifty percent over the past three centuries. Larger, healthier humans have contributed to the acceleration of economic growth and technological change, resulting in reduced economic inequality, declining hours of work and a corresponding increase in leisure time. Increased longevity has also brought increased demand for health care. Fogel argues that health care should be viewed as the growth industry of the twenty-first century and systems of financing it should be reformed. His book will be essential reading for all interested in economics, demography, history and health care policy. A professor at the University of Chicago, Robert William Fogel has taught at the University of Rochester,
650			_asociology
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