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Author Salvadori, Neri, author

Title Ricardo's theory of growth and accumulation : a modern view / Neri Salvadori
Edition 1st
Published London : Routledge, 2020

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Series The Graz Schumpeter Lectures
The Graz Schumpeter Lectures
Summary "In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars Britain found itself faced with a stagnant economy. Economist David Ricardo believed that the full re-integration of Britain into the world market would allow for both capital accumulation and population growth, and used arguments that anticipate ideas entertained in modern contributions to the theory of economic growth and development. However, several of these arguments have not yet been translated into the language of modern classical economics. Ricardo's Theory of Growth and Accumulation seeks to overcome this striking lacuna. The latest entry in the Graz Schumpeter lecture series, this text explores and elaborates Ricardo's arguments and the models utilized by those who subsequently followed in support of his work. The Ricardian system is first examined through a one-sector economy, following Kaldor's model, and a two-sector economy, following Pasinetti's model. These building blocks are developed through the exploration of a small open economy, which allows an analysis of the impact of international trade in exceedingly simple circumstances. This discussion expands further by considering the world economy. More sophisticated variants of the two-sector model are presented, in which commodity prices are endogenously determined by the trading interplay amongst several countries. A final analysis makes Ricardo's case by introducing accumulation in the world economy. This book is of interest to students and scholars of Ricardo, classical economics, and - more broadly - growth theory, the theory of international economics, and globalization. The author was keen to render the analytical parts compelling to the historian and the historical parts compelling to the theorist"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes <P>Chapter 1 The one-sector model</P><P>Chapter 2 The two-sector model</P><P>Chapter 3 The small open economy</P><P>Chapter 4 The world economy: existence of an equilibrium</P><P>Chapter 5 The world economy: the dynamics</P>
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Subject Ricardo, David, 1772-1823.
Ricardo, David, 1772-1823
Classical school of economics.
Economic development.
economic development.
Classical school of economics
Economic development
Form Electronic book
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