| Description |
ix, 432 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Contents note continued: 12.Revisiting U.S. Productivity Growth over the Past Century with a View of the Future / Robert J. Gordon -- Epilogue: Life and Work of Angus Maddison -- Confessions of a Chiffrephile / Angus Maddison -- Research Objectives and Results, 1952-2002 / Angus Maddison -- A Story Behind Each Number - Angus Maddison (1926--2010) / Harry X. Wu |
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Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction / Bari van Ark -- 2.Six Transformations in China: 960-2030 / Angus Maddison -- 3.The Needham Puzzle, the Weber Question and China's Miracle: Long Term Performance since the Sung Dynasty / Justin Yifu Lin -- 4.An Indian Miracle? / Deepak Lal -- 5.Analysis of Russian Performance since 1990 and Future Outlook / Stanislav Menshikov -- 6.Japan's Alternating Phases of Growth and Future Outlook / Osamu Saito -- 7.Making the International System Work for the Platinum Age / Ross Garnaut -- 8.Total Factor Productivity and Economic Growth in Indonesia / Pierre van der Eng -- 9.Explaining Success and Failure in Economic Development / Adam Szirmai -- 10.Past, Present and Future Economic Growth in Latin America / Francisco Villarreal -- 11.Europe's Productivity Performance in Comparative Perspective: Trends, Causes and Projections / Marcel P. Timmer -- |
| Summary |
World economic performance over the last 50 years has been spectacular. The postwar period has witnessed impressive growth rates in Western Europe and Japan, and in recent times China and India. This new book discusses these issues and tackles topical questions such as; what are the socio-economic and institutional factors that have contributed to this impressive performance? Will China and India continue to grow at the same rate over the next two decades? What are the prospects for Japan, the US and other advanced economies? The book brings together contributions by eminent scholars including |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Maddison, Angus.
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Economic development -- History.
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Economic development.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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| Author |
Ark, Bart van, editor
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Maddison, Angus.
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Prasada Rao, D. S., editor
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| LC no. |
2012930566 |
| ISBN |
1848448481 (hbk.) |
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9781848448483 (hbk.) |
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