This book offers a pluralistic vision of the way economists have dealt with the question of power in society over the last two centuries. Economists’ ideas about power are examined from political, theoretical and policy-making points of view, with additional discussion of the active...

Forschung, Bildung und Wachstum -- Soziale Mobilität und Ungleichheit. - Arbeitsmarkt und Sozialpolitik -- Steuern und Staat -- Industriepolitik und internationaler Handel -- Geldpolitik, Banken und Finanzierung -- Unternehmen und industrieller Wandel.

The authors attempt to analyze the linkages between macroeconomic policies and economic growth variables, their movement over time, and their impact on poverty in the case of Poland. Poland, a middle-income country, is of particular interest because its data sources allow for a relatively...

Introduction (Paul Dobrescu) -- Part I. Envisaging Development in the Contemporary Society: Theory and Public Debates -- Why Do Some Countries Develop and Others Not? (Ian Goldin) -- Measuring the Hard-to-Measure in Development: Dimensions, Measurement Challenges, and Responses (Anne L....

Chapter1 An Analysis of the Factors affecting New-Generation Peasant Workers’ Decision-making of Vocational Training Participation —A Micro Perspective -- Chapter2 A Theoretical and Empirical Study on over-leaping the Middle Income Trap -- Chapter3 Middle Income Trap and the Innovation of...

1. Introduction -- Part 1: Income inequality and GDP Growth and inflation regime -- 2. Income inequality and GDP growth nexus in South Africa: Does the 4.5 percent consumer price inflation threshold and other channels play a role? -- 3. Does the inflation rate below 4.5 percent matter for the...

This paper analyzes five Productive Development Policies (PDPs) implemented in Costa Rica, finding that they are not optimally addressing market failures. Moreover, government failures rather than market failures represent the main justification for PDPs. Even in the presence of market failures,...