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Structural Inequality : Origins and Quests for Solutions in Old Worlds and New
Norton, Roger D. - 2022
Preface -- Yemen: Qat and Water -- Arabia Felix -- A Parched Village -- A Legendary Dam -- Old City -- Roots of a Crisis -- Perverse Policies -- Dilemmas of Qat -- Excursions in History -- Markets for the Leaf -- In the Crux Who Pays? -- The Development Bargain -- Estonia: Shaping Freedom -- On...
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Experimental Learning, Inclusive Growth and Industrialised Economies in Asia : Lessons from South Korea and Taiwan
Wong, Chan-Yuan - 2022
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I: Macro-Meso Level of Analysis -- Chapter 2. An Overview of Industrial Catch-up Strategies -- Chapter 3. Driving Inclusive Growth in Post Industrial Catch-up Era of Korean Economy -- Chapter 4. Achieving Virtuous Cycle Development in Post Industrial Catch-up Era...
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Re-inventing Africa's development : linking Africa to the Korean development model
Park, Jong-Dae - 2019
This open access book analyses the development problems of sub-Sahara Africa (SSA) from the eyes of a Korean diplomat with knowledge of the economic growth Korea has experienced in recent decades. The author argues that Africa's development challenges are not due to a lack of resources but a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397021
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Paths to the Emerging State in Asia and Africa
Ōtsuka, Keijirō (ed.); Sugihara, Kaoru (ed.) - 2019
of economic development and industrialization. It offers historical and contemporary case studies of transition, as well … identified. They are: (1) labor-intensive industrialization, which offers ample employment opportunities for labor force; (2 …1 Multiple Paths to Industrialization: A Global Context of the Rise of Emerging States (Kaoru Sugihara) -- 2 Technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397034
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Accelerating Economic Growth : Lessons From 200,000 Years of Technological Progress and Human Development
Growiec, Jakub - 2022
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. The Drive for Development -- Chapter 2. Enter local control -- Chapter 3. The force unleashed -- Part II. The Growth Mechanism -- Chapter 4. Hardware and software -- Chapter 5. Mechanization, automation and the labor market -- Chapter 6. Scale of operations --...
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Scandinavia and South America - A Tale of Two Capitalisms : Essays on Comparative Developments in Trade, Industrialisation and Inequality since 1850
Álvarez, Jorge (ed.); Prado, Svante (ed.) - 2022
1. Introduction; Jorge Alvarez and Svante Prado -- Part 1. Latin America and Scandinavia -- 2. Latin American and Nordic countries: a renewed tradition of comparative studies; Jorge Álvarez, Luis Bértola and Jan Bohlin -- Part 2: Trade, industrialisation and growth -- 3. Foreign trade and...
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Wealth, Values, Culture & Education : Reviving the essentials for equality & sustainability
Torabian, Juliette E. - 2022
1. Introduction: In pursuit of new value system -- 2. Values, Wealth and Poverty: Tracing a spatial-temporal metamorphosis -- 3. The capitalist Trojan Horse and its tenets -- 4. Education and Culture: The instrumentalisation -- 5. A retour to essentials: Re-constructing wealth and values -- 6....
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Worlds of Taxation : The Political Economy of Taxing, Spending, and Redistribution Since 1945
Hürlimann, Gisela (ed.); Brownlee, W. Elliot (ed.);  … - 2018
This book provides a historical understanding of current debates over tax reform and offers a comparative framework for discussing the relationship between fiscal policy and the distribution of income and wealth. Topics covered include the evolution of income taxation since World War II; the...
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Monopoly Restored : How the Super-Rich Robbed Main Street
Luzkow, Jack Lawrence - 2018
This book is a work of contemporary economic history focusing primarily on the US and the UK. It shows that, historically, much of the wealth of the ultra-wealthy has been based on inheritance, tax evasion, political influence, or wage theft. Today, much of the wealth of the rentier class-the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012396836
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Inequality : Trends, Causes, Consequences, Relevant Policies
Arestis, Philip (ed.); Sawyer, Malcolm (ed.) - 2018
This book is the fifteenth volume in the renowned International Papers in Political Economy (IPPE) series which explores the latest developments in political economy. Containing contributions by experts in the field, this book focuses on topics that address the ongoing debate of inequalities in...
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