Seriously, Naill Ferguson is a poor historian. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/before-european-hegemony-9780195067743?cc=us&lang=en& https://global.oup

Seriously, Naill Ferguson is a poor historian. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/before-european-hegemony-9780195067743?cc=us&lang=en& https://global.oup.com/academic/product/before-european-hege... also http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Pomeranz2000.pdf http://piketty.pse.ens.fr/files/Pomeranz2000.pdf