Noch ist die Welt nicht bereit, von der Droge "Wachstum" zu lassen. Aber die Diskussion über das Ende der Maßlosigkeit nimmt an Fahrt auf. Der Umweltökonom Niko Paech liefert dazu die passende Streitschrift, die ein "grünes" Wachstum als Mythos entlarvt. Nach einer vollen Arbeitswoche...

Introduction -- SESSION 1 Green Growth of the Economy -- 1 Green Growth: Constructing a Resource-saving and Environment-friendly Production Pattern -- 2 Green Growth of the Primary Industry -- 3 Green Growth of the Secondary Industry -- 4 Green Growth of the Tertiary Industry -- 5 Measurement...

Foreword -- 1 A New Green Growth Wave Led by China? -- 2 Green Future of China -- 3 The Threats and Opportunities of Green China -- 4 Doing Business in China: Success and Failure on a Cutting Edge -- 5 Strategic Innovations Create a New World Order -- 6 How to Generate Strategic Innovation for a...

In 1800, the per capita income of the United States was twice that of Mexico and roughly the same as Brazil’s. By 1913, it was four times greater than Mexico’s and seven times greater than Brazil’s. This volume seeks to explain the nineteenth-century lag in Latin American economic...

The focus of this book is on the Japanese economic bureaucracy, particularly on the famous Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI), as the leading state actor in the economy. Although MITI was not the only important agent affecting the economy, nor was the state as a whole always...

Economists have long maintained that a well-developed and functioning financial system is a vital prerequisite to economic growth. Countries with robust banking sectors and securities markets-that is, countries in which credit cards, loans, mortgages, and the ability to issue stocks and bonds...

This book by a Nobel laureate in economics begins with a brief exposition of Kenneth J. Arrow's classic paper "The Economic Implications of Learning by Doing" (1962). It shows how Arrow's idea fits into the modern theory of economic growth, and uses it as a springboard for a critical...

Since the Great Depression, researchers and statisticians have recognized the need for more extensive methods for measuring economic growth and sustainability. The recent recession renewed commitments to closing long-standing gaps in economic measurement, including those related to...

The conditions for sustainable growth and development are among the most debated topics in economics, and the consensus is that institutions matter greatly in explaining why some economies are more successful than others over time. Probing the long-term effects of early colonial differences on...