Understanding the process of economic change /

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2005.
Series:Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Subjects:
Evolutionary economics.
Economics > Sociological aspects.
Institutional economics.
Théorie de l'évolution économique.
Économie politique > Aspect sociologique.
Institutionnalisme.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Theory.
Economics > Sociological aspects
Evolutionary economics
Institutional economics
Wirtschaftsentwicklung
Evolutorische Wirtschaft
Economische ontwikkeling.
Economische verandering.
Institutionele economie.
Instituties.
Evolutie.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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?

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