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The book compares the 1954-79 labour productivity record of 5 expanding public sector industries to that of 24 expanding, capital intensive, mass-production industries in the British private sector. The author shows that the public sector industries' labour productivity growth was significantly...
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This fascinating biography of an economist who was also a logician and administrator, is based mainly upon his virtually continuous diary. The diary provides an intimate commentary on the academic developments and conflicts in which he was closely involved as well as on his life as...
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--to examine how Asia has returned to its central position in the world economy …
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Despite being an integral part of modern economic science, the subject of financial economics has deep historical roots. Geoffrey Poitras provides an exhaustive account of the early development of the subject and, in so doing, provides a sound basis for the study of modern financial economics....
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The rapidly increasing importance of China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan both in Asia and in the … Asian growth in the latter part of the century. The contributors look at Asia within a global perspective and detailed …
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"Offering a fresh analysis of late imperial China, this cutting-edge book revisits the roles played by merchant … networks, economic institutions, and business practices in the divergence between Europe and China during the trade revolution … practices, partnerships, and investment strategies, chapters portray the three central figures of China's economy - the …
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As a country's current development is path dependent, the rise of China and its strategic implications can only be … understood in a historical context. Hence, the key to understanding contemporary China is the understanding of its past. So far … History of Modern China fills this important gap, focusing on modern Chinese economic growth and comprehensively surveying the …
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pt. 1. China as a growth engine of Asia and the world -- pt. 2. Impacts on Korea's economy -- pt. 3. Impacts on Korean … impact of China's rise and the consequent policy challenges. …
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, Japan, China or elsewhere on the globe – can combine with community to help youth create a better world. …
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general principles and broad policies. Case studies from China and north-east India help illustrate important economic and …
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