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Producing Prosperity : an Inquiry into the Operation of the Market Process.

The substantial prosperity that characterizes market economies at the beginning of the twenty-first century is relatively recent in human history. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, economic progress was so slow that people would not have been able to recognize it in their lifetimes, whereas today,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Holcombe, Randall
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Colección:Routledge foundations of the market economy.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Producing prosperity: the subject matter of economics
  • Economic models: a framework for analysis
  • The market process
  • Market-clearing forces in the economy
  • The innovative nature of firms
  • The role of firms in the market
  • The trajectory of the economy: growth and progress
  • Economic welfare: theory and policy
  • Rent seeking in a creative economy
  • The coordination of economic activity
  • Agglomeration economies and economic progress
  • The evolution of the economy: differentiation, selection, replication
  • Producing prosperity.