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How rich countries got rich-- and why poor countries stay poor
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Title
How rich countries got rich-- and why poor countries stay poor / Erik S. Reinert.
ISBN
9780786718429
0786718420
Edition
1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Published
New York : Carroll & Graf, 2007.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 08, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and (p. [336]-356) index.
Contents
Foreword / Jomo K.S.
Acknowledgments
List of figures
Introduction
Discovering types of economic theories
The evolution of the two different approaches
Emulation : how rich countries got rich
Globalizations : the arguments in favour are also the arguments against
Globalization and primitivization : how the poor get even poorer
Explaining away failure : red herrings at the end of history
Palliative economics : why the millennium goals are a bad idea
'Get the economic activities right', or, the Lost art of creating middle-income countries
Appendices : David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage in international trade
Two different ways of understanding the economic world and the wealth and poverty of nations
Frank Graham's theory of uneven development
Two ideal types of protectionism compared
Philipp von Hornigk's nine points on how to emulate the rich countries (1684)
The quality index of economic activities
Notes
Bibliography
Index.
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