The reluctant economist : perspectives on economics, economic history and demography
Richard A. Easterlin
| Year of publication: |
2004
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| Authors: | Easterlin, Richard A. |
| Publisher: |
Cambridge, UK : Cambridge University Press |
| Subject: | Wirtschaftsgeschichte | Economic history | Theorie | Theory | Wirtschaftswissenschaft | Economics | Bevölkerungsentwicklung | Demographic development | Wissenschaftliche Methode | Scientific method |
| Description of contents: | Table of Contents [external.dandelon.com] |
| Extent: | Online-Ressource (xx, 284 p) ill |
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| Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-278) and index Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; tables; figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Reluctant Economist; 2 Economics and the Use of Subjective Testimony; 3 Is Economic Growth Creating a New Postmaterialistic Society?; 4 Why Isn't the Whole World Developed?; 5 Kuznets Cycles and Modern Economic Growth; 6 Industrial Revolution and Mortality Revolution: Two of a Kind?; 7 How Beneficent Is the Market?; 8 An Economic Framework for Fertility Analysis; 9 New Perspectives on the Demographic Transition 10 Does Human Fertility Adjust to the Environment? Population Change and Farm Settlement in the Northern United States11 America's Baby Boom and Bust, 1940-1980: Causes and Consequences; 12 Preferences and Prices in Choice of Career: The Switch to Business; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web |
| ISBN: | 0-511-19381-5 ; 0-521-82974-7 ; 978-0-521-82974-8 |
| Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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