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Growth Triumphant : the Twenty-First Century In Historical Perspective.
Taking a longer view than most literature on economic development, Richard A. Easterlin stresses the enormous contrast between the collective experience of the last half century in both developed and developing countries and what has gone before. An economic historian and demographer, the author wri...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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University of Michigan Press
2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Tables; Figures; Preface; 1. Historical Overview; I. Modern Economic Growth; 2. Revolution or Evolution? The Epoch of Modern Economic Growth; 3. The International Impact of Modern Economic Growth; 4. Modern Economic Growth and the National Economy; 5. Why Isn't the Whole World Developed? Institutions and the Spread of Economic Growth; II. Population Growth; 6. The Nature and Causes of the Mortality Revolution; 7. Malthus Revisited: The Economic Impact of Rapid Population Growth; 8. The Fertility Transition: Its Nature and Causes.
- 9. Secular Stagnation Resurrected: Population and the Economy in Developed CountriesIII. Implications for the Future; 10. Does Satisfying Material Needs Increase Human Happiness?; 11. The Next Century in Historical Perspective; Appendix A: Major Economic Inventions; Appendix B: Health Technology; Notes; References; Index.