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Theory of Economic Growth.

A landmark in the contemporary approach to economics""The Observer ""it is as good a book as its most obvious predecessors in the genre: Smith's Wealth of Nations and Marshall's Industry and the Trade""Times Educational Supplement Setting out the problems to b...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lewis, W. Arthur
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Taylor & Francis, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- 1. DEFINITIONS -- 2. METHODOLOGY -- 3. LAYOUT -- Bibliographical Note -- II. THE WILL TO ECONOMIZE -- 1. THE DESIRE FOR GOODS -- (a) Asceticism -- (b) Wealth and Social Status -- (c) Limited Horizons -- 2. THE COST OF EFFORT -- (a) The Attitude to Work -- (b) The Spirit of Adventure -- 3. RESOURCES AND RESPONSE -- Bibliographical Note -- III. ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS -- 1. THE RIGHT TO REWARD -- (a) Non-Material Rewards -- (b) The Management of Property -- (c) The Reward for Work -- 2. TRADE AND SPECIALIZATION -- (a) Advantages -- (b) The Extent of the Market -- (c) Organization -- 3. ECONOMIC FREEDOM -- (a) Individualism and Collective Action -- (b) Vertical Mobility -- (c) Freedom of Markets -- 4. SOME CASES -- (a) Religion -- (b) Slavery -- (c) The Family -- (d) The Organization of Agriculture -- (e) Cottage Industry -- 5. INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE -- (a) The Process of Change -- (b) The Cycle of Change -- Bibliographical Note -- IV. KNOWLEDGE -- 1. THE GROWTH OF KNOWLEDGE -- (a) Pre-scientific Societies -- (b) Invention and Research -- 2. THE APPLICATION OF NEW IDEAS -- (a) The Attitude towards Innovation -- (b) Knowledge and Profit -- 3. TRAINING PROGRAMMES -- (a) Priorities -- (b) Agricultural Extension -- (c) Industrial Aptitudes -- (d) Business Administration -- Bibliographical Note -- V. CAPITAL -- 1. CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS -- 2. SAVINGS -- (a) The Need for Savings -- (b) Domestic Sources -- (c) External Finance -- 3. INVESTMENT -- (a) The Institutional Framework -- (b) Point of Departure -- (c) Stability -- (d) Secular Stagnation -- Bibliographical Note -- VI. POPULATION AND RESOURCES -- 1. POPULATION AND OUTPUT -- (a) Population Growth -- (b) Size and Output -- (c) Occupations -- 2. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS -- (a) International Trade -- (b) Migration -- (c) Imperialism. 
505 8 |a Bibliographical Note -- VII. GOVERNMENT -- 1. THE FRAMEWORK OF ENTERPRISE -- (a) The Functions of Government -- (b) Production Programmes -- 2. THE PUBLIC SECTOR -- (a) Public Expenditure Programmes -- (b) The Fiscal Problem -- 3. POWER AND POLITICS -- (a) Roads to Stagnation -- (b) Background to Statesmanship -- Bibliographical Note -- APPENDIX IS ECONOMIC GROWTH DESIRABLE? -- (a) The Benefits of Economic Growth -- (b) The Acquisitive Society -- (c) Problems of Transition -- INDEX. 
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