How Rich Countries Got Rich and why Poor Countries Stay PoorConstable, 2007 - 365 pages
Reinert presents a strongly revisionist history of economics and shows how the discipline has long been torn between the continental Renaissance tradition on one hand and the free market theories of English and later American economics on the other. He argues that our economies were founded on protectionism and state activism and could only later afford the luxury of free trade. When our leaders come to lecture poor countries on the right road to riches they do so in almost perfect ignorance of the real history of mass affluence. |
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... important connection between the production structure of the few wealthy city - states and their riches . The wealthiest city - states - Venice and those in Holland - had dominant market power in three different areas . In economic ...
... important writings in economics and political science of his times , and one of his tasks was to present summaries of many of them to his Duke . In 1656 , at thirty years old , Seckendorff published his most important work , Der ...
... important synergies also exist between firms and activities in the most diverse fields . Historically the most important synergy effect has been the one between manu- facturing and agriculture . In a global economy each country will be ...
Contents
Discovering Types of Economic Theories | 1 |
The Evolution of the Two Different Approaches | 21 |
How Rich Countries Got Rich | 71 |
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How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor Erik S Reinert Limited preview - 2019 |
How Rich Countries Got Rich ... and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor Erik S. Reinert No preview available - 2019 |