The World Economy brings together two reference works by Angus Maddison: The World Economy: A Millennial Perspective …, first published in 2001 and The World Economy: Historical Statistics, published in 2003. This new edition contains Statlinks …, a service providing access to the underlying data in Excel® format. These two volumes bring together estimates of world …

Following his The World Economy: a Millennial Perspective, Angus Maddison here offers a rare insight into the history … tables showing Maddison’s estimates for the world and its major regions from as early as the year 1000. It is intended as a …

simply creating an open economy will not suffice to stimulate competitiveness if innovation is lacking. This is the major … can be linked to policy changes which foster innovation, but can equally result in stagnation if the policy/practice mix …