The Political Economy of Global Inequality This new edition of Development and Underdevelopment retains the strongest contributions of the previous three editions, but includes 12 new chapters that reflect the many seminal contributions made to the field in recent years. There are also two new sections: one addressing the historical origins of the gap between rich and poor countries, and one focusing on how globalization has affected the gap between countries and between the rich and poor within countries.The editors? short introduction to each selection, highlighting its significance, remains a key feature of the book. Forlag: Lynne Rienner Publishers Udgivelsesår: 2008 Sider: 437 Sprog: Engelsk
Summary: For over thirty years, this classic text has offered students a comprehensive overview of the economic aspects of growth and development which is clearly written without sacrificing rigour. The focus is on macroeconomic issues with unique chapters on the history of economic thought, project appraisal and input-output analysis and extensive material on growth theory and the growth process in developing countries. Mini case examples and numerous statistics support the theory, while discussion questions and weblinks encourage student reflection Titel: Growth & development : with special reference to developing economics Udgave: Eighth Edition Genre: Faglitteratur Sammendrag: This edition provides a thorough updated survey of development economics, discussing globalization, poverty measurement, Millennium Development Goals, trade liberalization, and more. Type: Paperback
This textbook includes discussions of such topics as the environment, the debt case, export-led industrialisation, import substitution industrialisation, growth theory and technological capability. It covers Latin America, Africa, China and Asia. Forlag: Routledge Udgivelsesår: 2008 Sider: 613 Sprog: Engelsk
**Over 1 million copies sold worldwide** MAJOR NEW EDITION From Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz, Globalization and its Discontents is the bestselling exposé of the all-powerful organizations that control our lives. Joseph Stiglitz''s landmark book lifted the lid on how globalization was hurting those it was meant to help. Many of its predictions came true, and it became a touchstone in the debate. This major new edition looks afresh at the continuing mismanagement of globalization, and how it has led to our current political and economic discontents. Globalization can still be a force for good, Stiglitz argues. But the balance of power has to change. Here he offers real, tough solutions for the future. ''A massively important political as well as economic document ... we should listen to him urgently'' Will Hutton, Guardian ''Stiglitz is a rare breed, an heretical economist who has ruffle
Summary: "Why did some countries grow rich while others remained poor? Tracing the long arc of human history from hunter gatherer societies to the early twenty first century, Andrew Brooks rejects popular explanations for the divergence of nations. This accessible and illuminating volume shows how the wealth of 2018the West2019 and poverty of 2018the rest2019 stem not from environmental factors or some unique European cultural, social or technological qualities, but from the expansion of colonialism and the rise of America. Brooks puts the case that international inequality was moulded by capitalist development over the last 500 years. The End of Development provides a compelling account of how human history unfolded differently in varied regions of the world. Brooks argues that we must now seize the opportunity afforded by today2019s changing economic geography to transform attitudes to
NEW YORK TIMES AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER • From two winners of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, “who have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity” “A wildly ambitious work that hopscotches through history and around the world to answer the very big question of why some countries get rich and others don’t.”—The New York Times FINALIST: Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, Financial Times, The Economist, BusinessWeek, Bloomberg, The Christian Science Monitor, The Plain Dealer Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, or geography that determines prosperity or poverty? As Why Nations Fail shows, none of these factors is either definitive or destiny. D
Why are some parts of the world so rich and others so poor? Why did the Industrial Revolution occur in England and not in another place? Why didn't indutrialization make the whole world rich? Clark tackles these questions and suggests a way in which culture can explain the wealth and poverty of nations Titel: A farewell to alms : a brief economic history of the world Udgave: Princeton paperback edition Genre: historie_samfund Sammendrag: Fagbogen giver en kortfattet, men analytisk tung gennemgang af verdens økonomiske historie med fokus på, hvorfor industrialiseringen startede i Storbritannien, og hvorfor den ikke automatisk har gjort alle lande rige. Gregory Clark bruger historiske data om befolkning, lønninger, produktivitet og institutioner til at diskutere, hvordan langvarige kulturelle og demografiske mønstre har formet arbejdsmarked, teknologioptagelse og økonomisk vækst. Bogen sti
'Globalization' is one of the key concepts of our time. It is used by both the right and the left as the cornerstone of their analysis of the international economy and polity. In both political and academic discussions, the assumption is commonly made that the process of economic globalization is well under way and that this represents a qualitatively new stage in the development of international capitalism. But is there in fact such a thing as a genuinely global economy? Globalization in Question investigates this notion, providing a very different account of the international economy and stressing the possibilities for its continued and extended governance. The new edition of this best-selling text has been thoroughly revised and updated to take into account new issues which have become salient in the period since the first and second editions were published. Several new chapters have
