assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares … United Nations' approach for measuring human development, Morris's index breaks social development into four traits--energy … century CE, when northwest Europeans tapped into the energy trapped in fossil fuels, did the West leap ahead. Resolving some …

assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares … United Nations' approach for measuring human development, Morris's index breaks social development into four traits--energy … century CE, when northwest Europeans tapped into the energy trapped in fossil fuels, did the West leap ahead. Resolving some …

growth, and the importance of energy efficiency in promoting growth and reducing future energy demand. …Power to the People examines the varied but interconnected relationships between energy consumption and economic … development in Europe over the last five centuries. It describes how the traditional energy economy of medieval and early modern …

all, especially the disadvantaged nations most in need of growth and prosperity. …

productivity of the poor. How should these policies be sequenced and implemented to spur growth? Would a large, front …-loaded increase in public infrastructure investment yield the desired growth-promoting effect? Taking a rigorous look at this kind of … growth and human welfare, and develops a series of formal models for understanding how these channels operate. Bringing …

important topic is covered, including growth, business cycles, fiscal policy, taxation and debt finance, current account …

important topic is covered, including growth, business cycles, fiscal policy, taxation and debt finance, current account …

Chinese economy is likely to fare in the short- and long-term future. Is China's growth sustainable, or has China relied too … relation between investment, finance, and growth in China, <i>How China Grows</i> dismisses this concern. James Riedel, Jing … Jin, and Jian Gao argue that investment has not only been the engine of growth, but also the main source of technological …

important topic is covered, including growth, business cycles, fiscal policy, taxation and debt finance, current account …

have played in explaining modern economic growth. <i>Power and Plenty</i> is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand …