Economics of the Long Period

"What can economic analysis teach us about the long period, those times whose duration is such that nothing (or almost nothing) can be treated as a constant- neither population, nor knowledge, nor political and economic institutions-? What concepts and tools can allow economists to think about the movements of the economy over a horizon of several centuries, or even millennia"--

List of contents

Introduction; Part I. The Long Period: Some Milestones: 1. A Brief History of Long-run Economic Analysis; 2. Empirical Elements; Part II. Unified Growth Theory: Foundations: 3. The Stagnation Regime;  4. Economic Take-off; 5. Institutions and Distribution; 6. The Natural Environment; Part III. Unified Growth Theory: Microeconomics of Regime Shift: 7. Economic Growth and Education; 8. The Birth of Institutions; 9. Lifestyles and the Natural Environment; Conclusion. Continuity and Discontinuity in History.

About the author

Gregory Ponthiere is Professor of Economics and Philosophy at the Hoover Chair in Economic and Social Ethics, Catholic University of Louvain.

Summary

An introduction to the study of history as a succession of economic regimes. This non-technical introduction is accessible to undergraduate students in economics and other social sciences, and, as such, aims at becoming a building block for undergraduate courses about the economic history of societies.

Foreword

An introduction to the study of history as a succession of economic regimes.

Product details

• Authors: Gregory Ponthiere, Gregory (Universite Catholique De Louva Ponthiere
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781009169745
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0916974-5
• No. of pages: 300
• Series: Themes in the Social Sciences
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies