... as the resources of income and wealth also provides grounds to challenge the presumption in favor of unceasing economic growth as a social goal. The chapter concludes with the suggestion that in the just society all citizens would have their fair shares of free time. economic growth free time as resource public...

...This chapter considers Australia's historical narrative, beginning with an assessment of the Aboriginal contribution to the economy constructed by the first European settlers. In Europe, modern economic growth from the late eighteenth century onward occurred in the context of societies...

.... It then considers a sample of growth empirics for the United States, European, and Brazilian systems of cities with an emphasis on transportation improvements and factor accumulation. It also describes a model of economic growth in a system of cities that leads to a precise description of the law of motion...

... 1990s and a large unanticipated decline in living standards. As the country started to recover from the economic nadir in 1997 it was hit by the 1998 Russian crisis, and only in 1999 did sustained economic growth begin. However, when growth did begin—stimulated by policy decisions such as a large...

.... culture of growth economic growth proxies for education empire Hume David Industrial Revolution innovation inventions inventors progress things worth knowing res dignae females Great Enrichment institutions markets microinventions Mokyr Joel Nature productivity technology breakthroughs...

... of the cultural context of the Roman economy. culture of growth discoveries economic growth proxies for innovation institutions inventions investigation investment Mokyr Joel morals Natural History Petty William profitability trade artisans farmers labor population of Roman Empire productivity...

... standard errors in parentheses; *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1. All tables in this chapter are reported in this format, unless indicated otherwise. Table 6.3. Political Stability Contributes to Economic Growth ** * (Dependent variable: GDP per capita...

... to the limitations of labor-intensive, export-oriented economic models and scarce land and resources like water and electricity. With booming real estate markets and increasing pollution, these governments turned to techno-development as a new mode of capital accumulation and economic growth. The chapter looks...

...This chapter examines the effects of a dramatic switch in the dynamics of economic growth for the term structure of the discount rate over the longer term. Economies undergo radical transformations. One such radical transformation was called the “industrial revolution” which has had a long-lasting...

...This chapter shows how the probability distribution for economic growth is subject to some parametric uncertainty. There is a limited data set for the dynamics of economic growth, and the absence of a sufficiently large data set to estimate the long-term growth process of the economy implies...

...This chapter focuses on the links among public capital, knowledge accumulation, and economic growth. It emphasizes the view, in line with the empirical evidence, that knowledge accumulation may depend critically on access to public capital. It also considers the possibility of a trade-off between...

...” is associated with the New Labour movement in Britain during the 1990s; it refers to the party's reconceptualization of even the most basic planks of their platform. For Labour leaders, thinking the unthinkable was an exercise in practical political strategy. The chapter first considers economic growth...

...This chapter examines the logic of growth in the Greek city-states. It first considers the relationship between self-consumption and economic growth, focusing on the roles played by self-consumption and the market in agriculture and in the ancient Greek economy more generally. It then explains how...

...The population and economy of the area within the present-day borders of Turkey has consistently been among the largest in the developing world, yet there has been no authoritative economic history of Turkey until now. This book examines the economic growth and human development of Turkey over...

...Countries that ignite a process of rapid economic growth almost always do so while lacking what experts say are the essential preconditions for development, such as good infrastructure and institutions. This book uses this paradox to explain what is wrong with mainstream development thinking...

... in France but in Britain, Germany, and the United States—until killed off by government intervention after 1918. Overturning common assumptions about banks and economic growth, the book paints a revealing picture of an until-now hidden market of thousands of peer-to-peer loans made possible by a network...

...This introduction provides an overview of W. Arthur Lewis's biography. Three considerations that surfaced so forcefully in the aftermath of the World War II—decolonization, race relations, and economic growth—were preeminent issues in the life of W. Arthur Lewis. As a person of color who grew up...

... documents the mechanisms through which geographical and historical conditions—such as climate, access to water transportation, and early legal systems—impacted political and judicial institutions and economic growth. The book shows how a state's geography and climate influenced whether elites based...

... would be a contender. He was the first black professor in a British university and also at Princeton University and the first person of African descent to win a Nobel Prize in a field other than literature or peace. His writings, which included his book The Theory of Economic Growth...

... organized to be of utilitarian value. Yet, as this book shows, it offers more insights into Roman ideas about economic growth than any other ancient source. This book is the first comprehensive study of Pliny's economic thought and its implications for understanding the economy of the Roman Empire...