An Economic Spurt That Failed

Author : Alexander Gerschenkron
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400869121

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An Economic Spurt that Failed by Alexander Gerschenkron Pdf

In 1900 the newly appointed Austrian prime minister, Ernest von Koerber, initiated a novel program of economic development designed to solve the political and economic problems of the Habsburg Monarchy. Ambitious and ingenious as the plan was, it proved a failure, and in this book Alexander Gerschenkron assesses its career and significance for both Austrian and European history. The author explains the importance of Koerber's experiment as a way of increasing Austria's economic strength while drawing the country out of divisive political struggles. He ascribes its failure primarily to the obstructionist tactics of Eugen von Boehin-Bawerk, the famous economist, who headed the Austrian Ministry of Finance. In describing the experiment's brief but striking success, Professor Gerschenkron challenges the widespread belief among scholars that disintegrating nationalist forces were irresistible. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Alexander Gerschenkron
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 171 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0783781687

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An Economic Spurt that Failed by Alexander Gerschenkron Pdf

Author : David F. Good
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0520050940

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The Economic Rise of the Habsburg Empire, 1750-1914 by David F. Good Pdf

Author : John Komlos
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400860388

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Nutrition and Economic Development in the Eighteenth-Century Habsburg Monarchy by John Komlos Pdf

John Komlos examines the industrial expansion of Austria from a fresh viewpoint and develops a new model for the industrial revolution. By integrating recent advances in the study of human biology and nutrition as they relate to physical stature, population growth, and levels of economic development, he reveals an intense Malthusian crisis in the Habsburg lands during the second half of the eighteenth century. At that time food shortages brought about by the accelerated population growth of the 1730s forced the government to adopt a reform program that opened the way for the beginning of the industrial revolution in Austria and in the Czech Crownlands. Comparing this "Austrian model" of economic growth to the industrial revolution in Britain, Komlos argues that the model is general enough to explain demographic and economic growth elsewhere in Europe--despite obvious regional differences. The main feature of the model is the interplay between a persistent, even if small, tendency to accumulate capital and a population with an underlying tendency to grow in numbers while remaining subject to Malthusian checks, particularly a limited availability of food. According to Komlos, modern economic growth in Europe began when the food constraint was finally lifted. Originally published in 1989. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Charles P. Kindleberger
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997-07-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 052159975X

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Economic Laws and Economic History by Charles P. Kindleberger Pdf

In this volume, Charles Kindleberger makes a powerful case against the idea that any one model could be used to unlock the basic secret of economic history. It is essentially an exercise in methodology, addressed to economists and economic historians alike. He argues that too many economists discover a relationship or a uniformity in economic behaviour, develop a model, and use it to explain more than it is capable of, including, on occasion, all economic behaviour. These lectures discuss four 'laws' in economics to show how uniformities can illuminate economic history in particular aspects. They illustrate the view that the economist or economic historian seeking to test analysis against historical data should have a variety of different models, and not just one. The implication is that however scientific and technical the tools, choosing them carefully to fit particular circumstances is itself an art.

Author : Mark Weisbrot
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195170184

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Failed by Mark Weisbrot Pdf

Why did the Eurozone end up with an unemployment rate more than twice than that of the United States and six years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers? Was crisis in the Eurozone inevitable? What caused the prolonged economic failure experienced by the majority of the world's low- andmiddle-income countries at the end of the 20th century?Failed analyzes and ties together some of the most important economic developments of recent years with the common theme that they have been widely misunderstood and in some cases almost completely ignored. A central argument of Failed is that there are always viable alternatives to prolongedeconomic failure. Author Mark Weisbrot shows that political agendas are often the root cause of avoidable financial crises and drawing on lessons learned from previous crises, recessions, and subsequent recovers can prevent further failures in the future.

Author : Michael Mann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 845 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107031180

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The Sources of Social Power: Volume 2, The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914 by Michael Mann Pdf

This second volume deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War.

Author : Michael Mann
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 842 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 052144585X

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The Sources of Social Power by Michael Mann Pdf

Based on considerable empirical research, this second volume of an analytical history of social power deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War, focusing on France, Great Britain, Hapsburg Austria, Prussia/Germany and the United States.

Author : Vladimir Avtonomov,Harald Hagemann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 455 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2022-10-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030990527

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Russian and Western Economic Thought by Vladimir Avtonomov,Harald Hagemann Pdf

This book examines the interrelations between Russian and European economics from the early 19th century to the present. It analyzes how Western economic thinking, such as classical economics and the marginal revolution, influenced Russian economic thinking and how Western economic ideas were modified and adapted to better reflect the specific Russian circumstances of the time. Moreover, the contributions in this book show how these modified ideas also influenced Western economists at the end of the 19th century, when Russian economics had reached the stage of professionalism and joined the international discourse on the discipline. Written by an international selection of respected experts, this book provides an overview of the most influential Russian economists and covers a wide range of topics such as the marginal revolution, the specific influence of Marxism, the evolution of mathematics and statistics in Russia in the 1890s–1920s, and the unique experience of building a planned economy in the Soviet Union. It is intended for all scholars and students who are interested in the history of economic thought.

Author : Michael Moïssey Postan,H. J. Habakkuk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1278 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : EKONOMISK HISTORIA.
ISBN : 0521225043

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The Cambridge Economic History of Europe by Michael Moïssey Postan,H. J. Habakkuk Pdf

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Author : Victor Krasilshchikov
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030502089

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Brazil - Emerging Forever? by Victor Krasilshchikov Pdf

This book discusses the social and economic problems currently faced by Brazil as one of the largest “emerging countries”. It examines the prospects of Brazilian development from an interdisciplinary perspective, and studies both socio-economic and political variables. The book embraces the large period of Brazil's development in the 20th and the first decades of the 21st Century. The peculiar attention is drawn to the short period of prosperity under the left-centrist governments as a continuation of the previous conservative modernisation model, which produced an increased dependency on China and a premature deindustrialisation of the economy. Assessing Brazilian statistics on households’ incomes and consumption, the book subsequently discusses the lack of strong social actors as the main problem in today’s Brazil. In closing, it examines probable scenarios for the country’s development and compares the situation to other “emerging countries”, including the Asian giants, China and India. The book addresses the needs of researchers in the fields of political science, economics and sociology who are seeking a better understanding of emerging countries, and the Brazilian case in particular.

Author : Ulrich Pfister,Nikolaus Wolf
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-03-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000850260

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An Economic History of the First German Unification by Ulrich Pfister,Nikolaus Wolf Pdf

There is a striking chronological parallel between Germany’s transition from a post-Malthusian regime to modern economic growth and the formation of a modern nation-state between the late 1860s and the early 1880s, which culminated in the events of 1871.The central question of this book is whether and how such state formation did in fact contribute to economic development. Twenty chapters written by leading experts in their respective fields deal with various aspects of the book’s main question. Together, they identify three channels by which national unification contributed to Germany’s economic development: (1) Creation of a nation-state completed a process of institutional Unification of a large inland area and thereby increased the integration of domestic markets. (2) Unification raised the capacity of the political system with respect to regulating complex domains, such as stock companies, patenting, and social insurance. (3) The emerging political regime of market-preserving federalism promoted the quality of economic institutions. Moreover, a set of chapters dealing with the experience of other European economies apart from Germany during the second half of the nineteenth century highlight additional factors in nineteenth-century economic development, most notably the first wave of modern globalization and economic geography. Readers interested in the history of state building and the economic history of Germany and of Europe in general during the age of industrialization and globalization and students of the economic effects of political integration and decentralized state growth will all gain much from this book.

Author : M. P. Cowen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781134801886

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Doctrines Of Development by M. P. Cowen Pdf

Doctrines of Development sets out a critique of the idea of practice of development by exploring the history of development theory and action from the early nineteenth century to the late twentieth century, from Britain to Quebec and Kenya.

Author : Richard Sylla,Gianni Toniolo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134892327

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Patterns of European Industrialisation by Richard Sylla,Gianni Toniolo Pdf

The new opportunities for economic development in Eastern Europe and the approach of 1992 have heightened interest in the development of the European economy. This volume, which includes contributions from some of the world's leading economic historians, presents and discusses the latest research findings on the industrialization and modernization of the European economy during the nineteenth century.

Author : Bart van Ark,Simon K. Kuipers,Gerard H. Kuper
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781475731613

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Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth by Bart van Ark,Simon K. Kuipers,Gerard H. Kuper Pdf

Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth presents a selection of recent research advances on long term economic growth. While the contributions stem from both economic history, macro- and microeconomics and the economics of innovation, all papers depart from a common viewpoint: the key factor behind long term growth is productivity, and the latter is primarily driven by technological change. Most contributions show implicitly or explicitly that technological change is at least partly dependent on growth itself. Furthermore, technology appears to interact strongly with investment in physical and human capital as well as with changes in historical, political and institutional settings. Together these papers are an up-to-date account of the remarkable convergence in theoretical and empirical work on productivity and growth over the past decades. The first part deals with the characteristics of growth regimes over longer periods, ranging from 20 years to two centuries. The next four chapters study the determinants of productivity growth and, in some cases, productivity slowdown during the last quarter of the twentieth century. The final five chapters focus on the role of technology and innovation as the key determinants of growth. Productivity, Technology and Economic Growth is, therefore, a welcome collection for academic scholars and graduate students in economics, history and related social sciences as well as for policy makers.