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Author Easterlin, Richard A., 1926- author

Title Growth triumphant : the twenty-first century in historical perspective / Richard A. Easterlin
Edition 1st pbk. ed
Published Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, 1998

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages)
Series Economics, cognition, and society
Economics, cognition, and society.
Contents Historical overview -- Revolution or evolution? : the epoch of modern economic growth -- The international impact of modern economic growth -- Modern economic growth and the national economy -- Why isn't the whole world developed? : institutions and the spread of economic growth -- The nature and causes of the mortality revolution -- Malthus revisited : the economic impact of rapid population growth -- The fertility transition : its nature and causes -- Secular stagnation resurrected : population and the economy in developed countries -- Does satisfying material needs increase human happiness? -- The next century in historical perspective
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Economic development -- History
Economic forecasting.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Development -- General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- General.
Economic development
Economic forecasting
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780472023554
0472023551
1282697552
9781282697553
9786612697555
6612697555
0472085530
9780472085538