global problems such as growth and debt, as well as social issues such as the predictive value of SAT scores, drug …, he considers democracy, growth, and international policy, and in the final part he examines fiscal policy, monetary …

history is persistent long term growth, but as the book makes clear, this growth is far from steady. The authors analyze and …

countries, the results are often disappointing. In Making Aid Work, Abhijit Banerjee--an "aid optimist"--argues that aid has …, which in turn fuels unwarranted pessimism about the role of aid in fostering economic development. Banerjee challenges aid … to evaluate success for all programs. They raise broader questions as well, about the importance of aid for economic …

what that theory reveals about business cycles, growth, and labor economics. In Exploring General Equilibrium, Black … cycles and growth without using sticky prices, irrationality, economies of scale, or imperfect competition. It can explain …

Robert Solow received the Nobel Prize in economics in 1987, and his contributions to growth theory, productivity, and … Dixit offer useful surveys of the growth literature. Hahn reflects on specific problems in standard growth models, while …

decades. Interpreted within the framework of the neoclassical theory of economic growth, this experience provides essential … guidelines for future policy formation. Volume 2: Energy, the Environment, and Economic Growth presents a new econometric general … equilibrium model of the United States that captures the dynamic mechanisms underlying growth trends and responses to energy and …

What political and economic factors stimulate growth and make an economy expand? These original contributions by some … technological variables that encourage or impede economic growth. Topics range from economic reform and price flexibility to the …, economists have seen important new developments linking growth and business cycles to government policy. These contributions …