The Mystery Of Economic Growth

Author : Elhanan Helpman
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674254350

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The Mystery of Economic Growth by Elhanan Helpman Pdf

Far more than an intellectual puzzle for pundits, economists, and policymakers, economic growth--its makings and workings--is a subject that affects the well-being of billions of people around the globe. In The Mystery of Economic Growth, Elhanan Helpman discusses the vast research that has revolutionized understanding of this subject in recent years, and summarizes and explains its critical messages in clear, concise, and accessible terms. The tale of growth economics, as Helpman tells it, is organized around a number of themes: the importance of the accumulation of physical and human capital; the effect of technological factors on the rate of this accumulation; the process of knowledge creation and its influence on productivity; the interdependence of the growth rates of different countries; and, finally, the role of economic and political institutions in encouraging accumulation, innovation, and change. One of the leading researchers of economic growth, Helpman succinctly reviews, critiques, and integrates current research--on capital accumulation, education, productivity, trade, inequality, geography, and institutions--and clarifies its relevance for global economic inequities. In particular, he points to institutions--including property rights protection, legal systems, customs, and political systems--as the key to the mystery of economic growth. Solving this mystery could lead to policies capable of setting the poorest countries on the path toward sustained growth of per capita income and all that that implies--and Helpman's work is a welcome and necessary step in this direction.

Author : Richard R. Nelson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674001729

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The Sources of Economic Growth by Richard R. Nelson Pdf

Technological advance is the key driving force behind economic growth, argues Richard Nelson. Drawing on a deep knowledge of economic and technological history as well as the tools of economic analysis, he exposes the intimate connections among government policies, science-based universities, and the growth of technology.

Author : Jagdish Bhagwati,Arvind Panagariya
Publisher : PublicAffairs
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781610392723

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Why Growth Matters by Jagdish Bhagwati,Arvind Panagariya Pdf

In its history since Independence, India has seen widely different economic experiments: from Jawharlal Nehru's pragmatism to the rigid state socialism of Indira Gandhi to the brisk liberalization of the 1990s. So which strategy best addresses India's, and by extension the world's, greatest moral challenge: lifting a great number of extremely poor people out of poverty? Bhagwati and Panagariya argue forcefully that only one strategy will help the poor to any significant effect: economic growth, led by markets overseen and encouraged by liberal state policies. Their radical message has huge consequences for economists, development NGOs and anti-poverty campaigners worldwide. There are vital lessons here not only for Southeast Asia, but for Africa, Eastern Europe, and anyone who cares that the effort to eradicate poverty is more than just good intentions. If you want it to work, you need growth. With all that implies.

Author : Tim Jackson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317388227

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Prosperity without Growth by Tim Jackson Pdf

What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental and social limits? The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventional economics openly questioned the most highly prized goal of politicians and economists alike: the continued pursuit of exponential economic growth. Its findings provoked controversy, inspired debate and led to a new wave of research building on its arguments and conclusions. This substantially revised and re-written edition updates those arguments and considerably expands upon them. Jackson demonstrates that building a ‘post-growth’ economy is a precise, definable and meaningful task. Starting from clear first principles, he sets out the dimensions of that task: the nature of enterprise; the quality of our working lives; the structure of investment; and the role of the money supply. He shows how the economy of tomorrow may be transformed in ways that protect employment, facilitate social investment, reduce inequality and deliver both ecological and financial stability. Seven years after it was first published, Prosperity without Growth is no longer a radical narrative whispered by a marginal fringe, but an essential vision of social progress in a post-crisis world. Fulfilling that vision is simply the most urgent task of our times.

Author : W. W. Rostow
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 733 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1992-09-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780195359794

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Theorists of Economic Growth from David Hume to the Present by W. W. Rostow Pdf

This history of theories and theorists of economic growth elucidates the economic theory, economic history, and public policy observations of the renowned scholar W. W. Rostow. Looking at the economic growth theories of the classic economists up to 1870, Rostow compares Hume and Adam Smith, Malthus and Ricardo, and J.S. Mill and Karl Marx. He then examines the period 1870-1939 and its economic theorists, including Schumpeter, Colin Clark, Kuznets, and Harrod, and surveys the three forms of growth analysis in the postwar era: formal models, statistical morphology, and development theories. This authoritative overview also includes an agenda of unresolved problems in growth analysis and a description of the five major tasks statesmen will confront over the next several generations.

Author : Robert E. Lucas
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0674016017

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Lectures on Economic Growth by Robert E. Lucas Pdf

In this book, Robert Lucas brings together several of his seminal papers on the subject, together with the Kuznets Lectures that he gave at Yale University, to present a coherent view of economic growth."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Hernando De Soto
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780465004010

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The Mystery of Capital by Hernando De Soto Pdf

A renowned economist argues for the importance of property rights in "the most intelligent book yet written about the current challenge of establishing capitalism in the developing world" (Economist) "The hour of capitalism's greatest triumph," writes Hernando de Soto, "is, in the eyes of four-fifths of humanity, its hour of crisis." In The Mystery of Capital, the world-famous Peruvian economist takes up one of the most pressing questions the world faces today: Why do some countries succeed at capitalism while others fail? In strong opposition to the popular view that success is determined by cultural differences, de Soto finds that it actually has everything to do with the legal structure of property and property rights. Every developed nation in the world at one time went through the transformation from predominantly extralegal property arrangements, such as squatting on large estates, to a formal, unified legal property system. In the West we've forgotten that creating this system is what allowed people everywhere to leverage property into wealth. This persuasive book revolutionized our understanding of capital and points the way to a major transformation of the world economy.

Author : Masahiko Aoki,Hyung-Ki Kim,Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara
Publisher : Clarendon Press
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1997-03-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191521881

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The Role of Government in East Asian Economic Development by Masahiko Aoki,Hyung-Ki Kim,Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara Pdf

The role of government in East Asian economic development has been a continuous issue. Two competing views have shaped enquiries into the source of the rapid growth high-performing Asian economies and attempts to derive a general lesson for other developing economies: the market-friendly view, according to which government intervenes little in the market, and the developmental state view, in which it governs the market. What these views share in common is a conception of market and government as alternative mechanisms for resource allocation. They are distinct only in their judgement of the extent to which market failures have been, and ought to be, remedied by direct government intervention. This collection of essays suggests a breakthrough, third view: the market-enhancing view. Instead of viewing government and the market as mutually exclusive substitutes, it examines the capacity of government policy to facilitate or complement private sector co-ordination. The book starts from the premise that private sector institutions have important comparative advantages over government, in particular in their ability to process information available on site. At the same time, it recognizes that the capabilities of the private sector are more limited in developing economies. The market-enhancing view thus stresses the mechanisms whereby government policy is directed at improving the ability of the private sector to solve co-ordination problems and overcome other market imperfections. In presenting the market-enhancing view, the book recognizes the wide diversity of the roles of government across various East Asian economies-including Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and China-and its path-dependant and developmental stage nature.

Author : David Warsh
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780393329889

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Knowledge and the Wealth of Nations: A Story of Economic Discovery by David Warsh Pdf

Chronicling the story of what has come to be called the new growth theory, this text helps to explain dominant first-mover firms like IBM or Microsoft, underscores the value of intellectual property, and provides essential advice to those concerned with the expansion of the economy.

Author : Barry Eichengreen,Dwight H. Perkins,Kwanho Shin
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 395 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781684175260

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From Miracle to Maturity by Barry Eichengreen,Dwight H. Perkins,Kwanho Shin Pdf

"The economic growth of South Korea has been a remarkable success story. After the Korean War, the country was one of the poorest economies on the planet; by the twenty-first century, it had become a middle-income country, a member of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (the club of advanced economies), and home to some of the world’s leading industrial corporations. And yet, many Koreans are less than satisfied with their country’s economic performance, given the continuing financial volatility and sluggish growth since the Korean economic crisis of 1997–1998.From Miracle to Maturity offers a comprehensive qualitative and quantitative analysis of the growth of the Korean economy, starting with the aggregate sources of growth (growth of the labor force, the stock of capital, and productivity) and then delving deeper into the roles played by structural change, exports, foreign investment, and financial development. The authors provide a detailed examination of the question of whether the Korean economy is now underperforming and ask, if so, what can be done to solve the problem."

Author : Greg Ip
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781118391570

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The Little Book of Economics by Greg Ip Pdf

An accessible, thoroughly engaging look at how the economy really works and its role in your everyday life Not surprisingly, regular people suddenly are paying a lot closer attention to the economy than ever before. But economics, with its weird technical jargon and knotty concepts and formulas can be a very difficult subject to get to grips with on your own. Enter Greg Ip and his Little Book of Economics. Like a patient, good-natured tutor, Greg, one of today's most respected economics journalists, walks you through everything you need to know about how the economy works. Short on technical jargon and long on clear, concise, plain-English explanations of important terms, concepts, events, historical figures and major players, this revised and updated edition of Greg's bestselling guide clues you in on what's really going on, what it means to you and what we should be demanding our policymakers do about the economy going forward. From inflation to the Federal Reserve, taxes to the budget deficit, you get indispensible insights into everything that really matters about economics and its impact on everyday life Special sections featuring additional resources of every subject discussed and where to find additional information to help you learn more about an issue and keep track of ongoing developments Offers priceless insights into the roots of America's economic crisis and its aftermath, especially the role played by excessive greed and risk-taking, and what can be done to avoid another economic cataclysm Digs into globalization, the roots of the Euro crisis, the sources of China's spectacular growth, and why the gap between the economy's winners and losers keeps widening

Author : Philip M. Parker
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 026216194X

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Physioeconomics by Philip M. Parker Pdf

He presents evidence that long-run growth can be attributed to variances in hypothalmic activity."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jared Bernstein
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008-04-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781576755501

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Crunch by Jared Bernstein Pdf

According to author Bernstein, economic experts all too often manipulate and distort the science at the heart of important issues. In "Crunch," he offers entertaining, informative, and direct answers to a set of compelling economic questions posed by ordinary people.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Supply-side economics
ISBN : 0817958932

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The Ten Causes of the Reagan Boom by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ross Garnaut,Ligang Song
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781922144553

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China by Ross Garnaut,Ligang Song Pdf

Twenty-five years of reform have transformed China from a centrally planned and closed system to a predominantly market-driven and open economy. As a consequence, China is emerging as the new powerhouse for the world economy. China: new engine for world growth discusses the impact and significance of this transformation. It points out risks to the growth process and unfinished tasks of reform. It presents conclusions from recent research on growth, trade and investment, the financial sector, income and regional disparities, industrial location and private sector development.