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The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Angus Deaton - one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty - tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's disproportionately unequal world.

In early 1942 the Germans opened a top-security prisoner-of-war camp. Called Stalag Luft III, it soon contained some of the most inventive escapers ever known. They were led by Squadron Leader Roger Bushell who masterminded an attempt to smugglehundreds of POWs down a tunnel built under the noses of their guards. The escape would come to be immortalised in the famous film The Great Escape, but in this book Guy Walters takes a fresh look at this remarkable event and asks what was the true story?

Join host Marcus "Marc" Ellery as he unravels history's most daring prison breakouts, where desperation met ingenuity behind bars. From tunnel-digging masterminds to helicopter extractions and silver-tongued con artists, discover how inmates outwitted maximum-security systems that were supposed to be escape-proof. For more content like this, visit QuietPlease.ai This content was created in partnership and with the help of Artificial Intelligence AI.