Thinking About Growth - And Other Essays on Economic Growth and Welfare

Zusammenfassung The essays in this book explore the forces behind modern economic growth! concentrating on the surge of growth since World War II. Essays include discussion of how Japan and Europe follow a set of circumstances and policies to sustain rapid growth! the contributions of education etc. Inhaltsverzeichnis Editors' preface; Preface; Part I. Growth and the Economists: 1. Thinking about growth; 2. Economics of growth; Part II. Studies in Long-Term Growth: 3. Resource and Output Trends in the United States since 1870; 4. Economic growth in the United States: a review article; 5. Manpower, capital, and technology; 6. Rapid growth potential and its realization: the experience of capitalist economies in the postwar period; 7. Catching up, forging ahead, and falling behind; Part III. Long Swings in Economic Growth: 8. The nature and significance of Kuznets cycles; 9. The passing of the Kuznets cycle; Part IV. Growth and Welfare: 10. Economic goals and social welfare in the next generation; 11. Growing up in an affluent society; 12. The retreat from economic advance: changing ideas about economic progress; 13. Welfare quandaries and productivity concerns.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Moses Abramovitz, Moses (Stanford University Abramovitz, Abramovitz Moses
• Con la collaborazione di: Louis Galambos (Editore), Robert Gallmam (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 28.04.1989
• EAN: 9780521333962
• ISBN: 978-0-521-33396-2
• Pagine: 396
• Serie: International Symposia in Econ; Studies in Economic History and Policy: USA in the Twentieth Century
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia politica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics, macroeconomics, Economic history