"With this book, the author offers a personal look at some of the landmark policies, people, and institutions that have shaped Africa's post-independence history-and will continue to shape its future. It is a true inside account-told from a very personal perspective-of the evolution of African...

Using historical data, we test the validity of Wagner's law of increasing state activity at different stages of economic development for five industrialized European countries: the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Italy. In order to investigate the coherence between Wagner's law and...

This book is about the evolution of developing countries in the world economy situated in its wider historical context, spanning centuries, but with a focus on the period since the mid-twentieth century. It traces the rise and 'catch up' of the developing world and the shift in the balance of...