In a neglected work of 1964, Kuznets summarized some of the emerging results of his monumental work on Modern Economic Growth (MEG) and used them to speculate on diversity, interdependence, war, conflict, and cooperation among nations. It was an unusual Kuznets study speculative rather than...

Economists have long searched for patterns that relate successful development to structure and policy. This article reviews the experience of growth and industrialization in the postwar period in more than 100 economies, drawing on time-series data over a three-decade period. Economies are...

The paper examines the effects of the globalization process in order to assess its advantages and its costs. Integration and growth of the world economy are identified as the principal economic manifestation of globalization. Accordingly, two criteria are adopted to measure its effects: the...