Theories of Convergence and Growth in the Classical Period: The Role of Science, Technology and Trade.
Recent interest in convergence raises questions in the history of thought concerning the origins of the concern over convergence. The authors find that, in the classical period, interest in convergence centered around the connection between the growth of neighboring countries and one's own country. Convergence was often thought to be parasitic; countries grow at the expense of their neighbors. Writers taking this view advocated policies designed to seal their country from the negative effects of such growth. Writers making the opposite connection, i.e., growth is contagious, advocated open market policies and based their optimism on the limitless expansion of scientific knowledge. Copyright 1999 by The London School of Economics and Political Science
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1999
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Authors: | Elmslie, Bruce ; Criss, Antoinette James |
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Economica. - London School of Economics (LSE). - Vol. 66.1999, 261, p. 135-49
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London School of Economics (LSE) |
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