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Bezig met laden... Forging Ahead, Falling Behind and Fighting Back: British Economic Growth from the Industrial Revolution to the Financial Crisisdoor Nicholas Crafts
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Some fascinating statistics, particularly over long historic periods. E.g. Table 2.1 British GDP/ head increased by less than 50% in nearly six hundred years from 1086- 1650. More astonishly China's halved from 1086 -1850. Italy and Spain showed virtually no increase over the same nearly eight hundred years. It demonstrates the astonishing growth rates of the last hundred years. It is quite densely written, with a lot of tables and academic theory. But I read it in one sitting, skipping through some of the more tedious sections. The author synthesises an enormous literature, but does not impose his own ideas, although he contributed significantly to the literature. The most surprising thing was the absence of humour, anecdotes and personal insights, as the late author was noted for these elements in his lectures. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
To what extent has the British economy declined compared to its competitors and what are the underlying reasons for this decline? Nicholas Crafts, one of the world's foremost economic historians, tackles these questions in a major new account of Britain's long-run economic performance. He argues that history matters in interpreting current economic performance, because the present is always conditioned by what went before. Bringing together ideas from economic growth theory and varieties of capitalism to endogenous growth and cliometrics, he reveals the microeconomic foundations of Britain's economic performance in terms of the impact of institutional arrangements and policy choices on productivity performance. The book traces Britain's path from the first Industrial Revolution and global economic primacy through to its subsequent long-term decline, the strengths and weaknesses of the Thatcherite response, and the improvement in relative economic performance that was sustained to the eve of the financial crisis. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)330.941Social sciences Economics Economics Economic geography and history Europe British Isles -- Scotland, IrelandLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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