The Economic Future in Historical Perspective Paperback / softback
Edited by Paul A. (Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College, Professor of Economics and Economic Histo David, Mark (Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia) Thomas
Part of the British Academy Centenary Monographs series
Paperback / softback
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In this volume, leading modern economic historians show how analysis of past experiences contributes to a better understanding of present-day economic conditions; they offer important insights into major challenges that will occupy the attention of policy makers in the coming decades.
The seventeen essays are organised around three major themes, the first of which is the changing constellation of forces sustaining long-run economic growth in market economies.
The second major theme concerns the contemporary challenges posed by transitions in economic and political regimes, and by ideologies that represent legacies from past economic conditions that still affect policy responses to new 'crises'.
The third theme is modern economic growth's diverse implications for human economic welfare - in terms of economic security, nutritional and health status, and old age support - and the institutional mechanisms communities have developed to cope with the risks that individuals are exposed to by the concomitants of rising prosperity.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:544 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:23/02/2006
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- ISBN:9780197263471
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:544 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:23/02/2006
- Category:
- ISBN:9780197263471
