A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world
Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world -- The logic of the Malthusian economy -- Material living standards -- Fertility -- Life expectancy -- Malthus and Darwin : survival of the richest -- Technological advance -- Institutions and growth -- The emergence of modern man -- Mode...
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Format: | Livre |
Langue: | English |
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Princeton, NJ [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Press,
2007
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Titres liés à la collection: | The Princeton economic history of the Western world
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Sujets: | Wirtschaftsgeschichte Industrialisierung Institutionenökonomik Theorie Welt Economic history Interesse Geschichte Wirtschaftsentwicklung Entwicklungsmodell plus... |
Description matérielle: | XII, 420 S. |
Table des matières:
- Introduction : the sixteen-page economic history of the world
- The logic of the Malthusian economy
- Material living standards
- Fertility
- Life expectancy
- Malthus and Darwin : survival of the richest
- Technological advance
- Institutions and growth
- The emergence of modern man
- Modern growth : the wealth of nations
- The puzzle of the industrial revolution
- The industrial revolution in England
- Why England? Why not China, Japan or India?
- Social consequences
- World growth since 1800
- The proximate sources of divergence
- Why isn't the whole world developed?
- Conclusion : strange new world.