[New Release] 'How the World Became Prosperous and Wealthy'

◆How Did the World Become Prosperous and Affluent?= This presents the process of the formation of capitalist material civilization based on the latest research findings. The author analyzes the driving forces into three categories: increased production, the rapid development of science and technology, and consumption. The book examines the competitive system among countries toward industrialization and focuses on Western science and technology since modern times. It also looks back on the crisis faced by capitalist material civilization and seeks solutions.

"In Korea, truly American-style large supermarkets began to appear one after another in the early 1990s. Around that time, E-Mart opened its first store in Changdong, Seoul. The reason why it was Changdong can be understood by recalling the era when supermarkets appeared in the United States. (...) The outskirts of the huge city of Seoul were redeveloped to build large apartment complexes, and these redevelopment areas were connected to the city center by subway to meet the increasing housing demand of the middle class. Changdong was exactly such a place."

(Written by Kim Daeryun / Dolbegae)

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