This analysis of poor economic reasoning "weaves together recent articles and addresses, some of them never before published, into a short, compelling narrative on the major issues of the 1990s: unemployment, globalization, economic growth, financial speculation ... corporate do…
Why are some nations rich and others poor, divided by wealth and poverty, health and sickness, food and famine? Is it culture, the weather, geography, or perhaps ignorance of the right policies? Simply, no. None of these factors is either definitive or destiny. In this book the …
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"Why did VHS, an inferior video recorder technology, succeed in the marketplace, driving the superior Betamax out of business? Why do big-budget, acclaimed movies sometimes flop at the box office, while low-budget, idiosyncratic films become huge hits? The answers to these quest…
From the Publisher: In the past fifty years, more than $1 trillion in development-related aid has been transferred from rich countries to Africa. Has this assistance improved the lives of Africans? No. In fact, across the continent, the recipients of this aid are not better off …
Study analysing economic growth, employment creation and income distribution in Brazil - challenges the orthodox view of inequitable economic development; reviews productivity patterns and employment trends since 1945; examines economic indicators of standard of living, absolute…
Economics textbook on the economic analysis of economic growth - includes theory, methodology and economic models. Diagrams and statistical tables.
Explores economic, social and political developments in Brazil from the 1950s to the 1990s and discusses whether the country is ready to assume a place among first world nations. Identifies key policy changes to be addressed.
The emerging consensus that institutions shape political and economic outcomes has produced few theories of institutional change and no defensible theory of institutional origination. Kiren Aziz Chaudhry shows how state and market institutions are created and transformed in Saud…
Discusses the causes of inequality, including unjust and irresponsible economic policies and misguided priorities, and offers suggestions to help the United States become a more fair and equitable society.--Publisher information.
Study of economic implications of military expenditure in developing countries - analyses national budget commitments and financing through taxation, the effects on saving and capital investment, and the relationship with human resources; examines trends in the international mar…
by Randers, Jorgen, Meadows, Dennis, Meadows, Donella
Presents future overshoot scenarios and makes an even more urgent case for a rapid readjustment of the global economy towards a sustainable path.
Research papers, case studies on economic policy and economic conditions, during the 1970s and 1980s - examines economic growth, industrial growth, development policy, structural change, external debt problems, trade relations, trade policy, economic reforms, international divis…
CONTENIDO: Modelos con tasa de ahorro e inversión constante - Crecimiento endógeno y otras extensiones del modelo de Solow-Swan - Modelos neoclásicos de optimización - Crecimiento neoclásico: el modelo de Ramsey - El crecimiento exógeno de la productividad - Cinco modelos protot…
