How rich countries got rich-- and why poor countries stay poor / Erik S. Reinert.
2008
338.9009 R367h 2008
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Title
How rich countries got rich-- and why poor countries stay poor / Erik S. Reinert.
Author
ISBN
9781586486686
1586486683
1586486683
Imprint
New York : Public Affairs, 2008.
Language
English
Description
xxix, 365 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
338.9009 R367h 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)271036684
(OCoLC)271036684
(OCoLC)271036684
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword / Jomo K.S.
Acknowledgements
List of figures
Introduction
1. Discovering types of economic theories
2. The evolution of the two different approaches
3. Emulation : how rich countries got rich
4. Globalization : the arguments in favour are also the arguments against
5. Globalization and primitivization : how the poor get even poorer
6. Explaining away failure : red herrings at the end of history
7. Palliative economics : why the millennium goals are a bad idea
8. 'Get the economic activities right', or, the lost art of creating middle-income countries
Appendices
1. David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage in international trade
2. Two different ways of understanding the economic world and the wealth and poverty of nations
3. Frank Graham's theory of uneven development
4. Two ideal types of protectionism compared
5. Philipp von Hörnigk's nine points on how to emulate the rich countries (1684)
6. The quality index of economic activities
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
Acknowledgements
List of figures
Introduction
1. Discovering types of economic theories
2. The evolution of the two different approaches
3. Emulation : how rich countries got rich
4. Globalization : the arguments in favour are also the arguments against
5. Globalization and primitivization : how the poor get even poorer
6. Explaining away failure : red herrings at the end of history
7. Palliative economics : why the millennium goals are a bad idea
8. 'Get the economic activities right', or, the lost art of creating middle-income countries
Appendices
1. David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage in international trade
2. Two different ways of understanding the economic world and the wealth and poverty of nations
3. Frank Graham's theory of uneven development
4. Two ideal types of protectionism compared
5. Philipp von Hörnigk's nine points on how to emulate the rich countries (1684)
6. The quality index of economic activities
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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