This paper identifies a fundamental challenge in the development of input-output databases of the world economy intended for analysis of alternative scenarios with a model of the world economy. Primary data sources for individual economies generally do not use the same sectoral classification...

Statistical Issues: Forecasting World Output: the Rising Importance of Emerging Asia -- Macroeconomic Developments in China: The Statistical Challenges -- Technical Efficiency and Governance: The Case of China -- Demographic Changes, Urbanization and Household Savings: Demographic Trends and...

This book presents a series of interviews with Hartmut Elsenhans on his wide-ranging theories and their policy implications. Serving as a compilation of his distilled thoughts, we discuss with him his unique world economic theory, his theorisation of social movements, his work on overcoming...