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Understanding the Process of Economic Change /

"In this landmark work, a Nobel-prize-winning economist develops a new way of understanding the process by which economies change. Douglass North inspired a revolution in economic history a generation ago by demonstrating that economic performance is determined largely by the kind and quality o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2005.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An outline of the process of economic change
  • The issues involved in understanding economic change
  • Uncertainty in a non-ergodic world
  • Belief systems, culture, and cognitive science
  • Consciousness and human intentionality
  • The scaffolds humans erect
  • Taking stock
  • The road ahead
  • The evolving human environment
  • The sources of order and disorder
  • Getting it right and getting it wrong
  • The rise of the Western world
  • The rise and fall of the Soviet Union
  • Improving economic performance
  • Where are we going?