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1 online resource (x, 460 pages) |
| Contents |
The Navigator; Chapter One: The World, Words, and Meaning: Where Truth, Errors, and Lies in Economics and Politics Come from and What to Do to Make Truth Come First; Chapter Two: How Things Happen Economic Processes-What Science, Policy, and Happenstance Have to Do with Them and Who Set It Up This Way; Chapter Three: A Brief History of the World and What We Can Learn from It: Why Some Countries Are Wealthy and Others Poor and Whether It Must Always Be So |
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Chapter Four: Globalization-and Then What?: Where Globalization Originated and How to Come Out Ahead in the Era of Worldwide InterdependenceChapter Five: The World As It Is: How People Are Coping in Various Corners of a Changing World; Chapter Six: The Withering of Neoliberalism and Its Tattered Legacy: Why a Harmful Concept Rose to Temporary Ascendancy in Half the World and What to Do About It; Chapter Seven: What Development Is and What It Depends On: Where Socioeconomic Development Comes from and How It Can Make Us Happy |
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Chapter Eight: Stagnation and Development-Institutions, Policy, and Culture: On the Rules of the Economic Game, Deleterious and Progressive Policies, and the Significance of Culture in DevelopmentChapter Nine: The Coincidence Theory of Development and the New Pragmatism: What Output Growth and Economic Development Depend On and How to Make Them Better; Chapter Ten: The Uncertain Future: What Awaits Us in the Near and Distant Future and What Say We Have in It; A Letter; Notes; Index |
| Summary |
Grzegorz W. Kolodko, one of the world's leading authorities on economics and development policy and a key architect of Poland's successful economic reforms, applies his far-reaching knowledge to the past and future of the world economy, introducing a framework for understanding our global situation that transcends any single discipline or paradigm. Deploying a novel mix of scientific evaluation and personal observation, Kolodko begins with a brief discussion of misinformation and its perpetuation in economics and politics. He criticizes the simplification of complex economic and so |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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Economic geography.
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Economic development.
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Economic policy.
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Economic history.
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Economic forecasting.
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economic development.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
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Economic development
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Economic forecasting
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Economic geography
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Economic history
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Economic policy
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brand, William R
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| LC no. |
2010033569 |
| ISBN |
9780231521567 |
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0231521561 |
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9786612990397 |
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6612990392 |
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