"In the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars Britain found itself faced with a stagnant economy. Economist David Ricardo believed that the full re-integration of Britain into the world market would allow for both capital accumulation and population growth, and used arguments that anticipate ideas...

Innovation, Unemployment and Policy in the Theories of Growth and Distribution increases our understanding about the more relevant economic determinants and policy aspects of the interdependence between economic growth and income distribution

1. Does economic growth ultimately lead to a "noble life"? : a comparative analysis of the predictions of Mill, Marshall and Keynes / Arrigo Opocher -- 2. The debate on education financing in the classical perspective / Mario Pomini -- 3. The role of the public sector in the thought of Hyman...

Institutional and Social Dynamics of Growth and Distribution presents a set of original contributions to the much-debated issues of long-run economic growth in relation to institutional and social progress