From subsistence to exchange

and other essays

Peter Bauer, a pioneer of development economics, is an incisive thinker whose work continues to influence fields from political science to history to anthropology. As Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen writes in the introduction to this book, "the originality, force, and extensive bearing of his writings ...

Conocimiento, tecnología y crecimiento

nuevas orientaciones y recomendaciones estratégicas en una economía globalizada

Este libro organiza sistemáticamente y profundiza en el conocimiento teórico de las complejas relaciones entre tecnología y economía que determinan la evolución de la "productividad" y el crecimiento económico.

Development and the developing world

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of development and the developing world. Written in a clear and accessible way, it introduces students to the key theoretical perspectives and conceptual frameworks in development studies, and provides a guide to contemporary issues and current ...

La política de los grandes números

historia de la razón estadística

La historia del cálculo probabilístico y de las mediciones estadísticas se encuentra íntimamente ligada a la domesticación del riesgo, la gestación de los Estados modernos y el control de la reproducción biológica y económica de las sociedades. El desempleo, la inflación, el producto nacional bruto ...

Growing public

social spending and economic growth since the eigteenth century.Vol.I.The story

Growing Public examines the question of whether social policies that redistribute income impose constraints on economic growth. Taxes and transfers have been debated for centuries, but only now can we get a clear view of the whole evolution of social spending. What kept prospering nations ...

Industrialización y desarrollo

Seria imposible comprender la historia económica y social contemporánea sin estudiar el proceso de industrialización que dio lugar a un sinnúmero de transformaciones que produjeron la modernidad. El estudio de diferentes casos de industrialización del primer, segundo y tercer mundo ayuda no sólo a la ...

Wassily Leontief and input-output economics

Wassily Leontief (1905-1999) was the founding father of input-output economics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in 1973. This book offers a collection of papers in memory of Leontief by his students and close colleagues. ÍNDICE : 1. A portrait of the master as a ...

Understanding economic growth

Differences in the growth performances of OECD countries during the 1990s revived the debate over the underlying causes of economic growth. This debate prompted the OECD to undertake a number of in-depth studies into this issue. The main theme can be expressed in a simple ...

The power of productivity

wealth,poverty,and the treat to global stability

The disparity between rich and poor countries is the most serious, intractable problem facing the world today. The chronic poverty of many nations affects more than the citizens and economies of those nations; it threatens global stability as the pressures of immigration become unsustainable and ...

La naturaleza del crecimiento económico

un marco alternativo para comprender el desempeño de las naciones

Revisión analítica y crítica de las principales teorías económicas para comprender la naturaleza del crecimiento financiero. Contiene, además, una exposición de la llamada Ley de Thirlwall, que es la principal contribución del autor a la teoría económica, y un resumen de las contribuciones de los ...

Development and social change

a global perspective

The distribution of the world#s material wealth is far from even. And while most of the western world may be accustomed to a commercial culture, there are other cultures (e.g., Amish, Islamic, peasant) that are not commercial or are uncomfortable with commercial definition ...

Lectures on economic growth

The chapters progress from a general theory of how growth could be sustained and why growth rates might differ in different countries, to a model of exceptional growth in certain countries in the twentieth century, to an account of the take-off of growth in the ...

The mystery of economic growth

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 ...

Competition and growth

innovations and selection in industry evolution

Jati K. Sengupta examines the market dynamics of the evolution of industry and the impact of new technology with R&D and knowledge capital. The book builds the theory of innovations in the contexts of the high-tech industries of today such as computing and telecommunications ...

Innovation

the missing dimension

Amid mounting concern over the loss of jobs to low-wage economies, one fact is clear: America?s prosperity hinges on the ability of its businesses to continually introduce new products and services. But what makes for a creative economy? How can the remarkable surge of ...

Alternatives to economic globalisation

a better world is possible

Written by a premier group of 21 thinkers from around the world, the second edition of Alternatives to Economic Globalization lays out democratic, ecologically sound, socially just alternatives to corporate globalization more fully, specifically, and thoughtfully than has ever been done before. Focusing on constructive ...

Debt relief for poor countries

After a massive international campaign calling attention to the development impact of foreign debt, the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative is now underway. But will the HIPC Initiative meet its high expectations? Will debt relief substantially raise growth? How do we make sure that ...

New sources of development finance

1 A. B. Atkinson: Innovative Sources to Meet a Global Challenge 2 A. B. Atkinson: Over-Arching Issues 3 A. Sandmo: Environmental Taxation and Revenue for Development 4 M. Nissanke: Revenue Potential of the Tobin Tax for Development Finance: A Critical Appraisal 5 E. Aryeetey: A ...

Prosperidad y violencia

economía política del desarrollo

Prosperidad y violencia explica los orígenes del Estado moderno desde la óptica de la historia de la civilización.A partir de su propia experiencia con diferentes culturas actuales y sus conocimientos excepcionales de la historia de Europa,Robert H. Bates pone en evidencia que la ...

Scarcity, conflicts, and cooperation

essays in the political and institutional economics of development

This wide-ranging review of some of the major issues in development economics focuses on the role of economic and political institutions. Drawing on the latest findings in institutional economics and political economy, Pranab Bardhan, a leader in the field of development economics, offers a relatively ...