Growth triumphant : the twenty-first century in historical perspective / / Richard A. Easterlin

• Autore: Easterlin Richard A
• Pubblicazione: Ann Arbor, Mich. : , : University of Michigan Press, , 1998
• Edizione: 1st pbk. ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages)
• Disciplina: 338.9
• Soggetto topico: Economic development - History; Economic forecasting
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. Historical Overview -- I. Modern Economic Growth -- 2. Revolution or Evolution? The Epoch of Modern Economic Growth -- 3. The International Impact of Modern Economic Growth -- 4. Modern Economic Growth and the National Economy -- 5. Why Isn't the Whole World Developed? Institutions and the Spread of Economic Growth -- II. Population Growth -- 6. The Nature and Causes of the Mortality Revolution -- 7. Malthus Revisited: The Economic Impact of Rapid Population Growth -- 8. The Fertility Transition: Its Nature and Causes -- 9. Secular Stagnation Resurrected: Population and the Economy in Developed Countries -- III. Implications for the Future -- 10. Does Satisfying Material Needs Increase Human Happiness? -- 11. The Next Century in Historical Perspective -- Appendix A: Major Economic Inventions -- Appendix B: Health Technology -- Notes -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: An economic historian and demographer considers what the world, freed from material need, will look like.
• Titolo autorizzato: Growth triumphant
• ISBN: 9786612697555; 9781282697553; 1282697552; 9780472023554; 0472023551
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910810873503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Economics, cognition, and society.