Frontmatter -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER I. The Lewis Model of Growth with Unlimited Supplies of Labor -- CHAPTER II. Fast-Growing Developed Economies with Expanding Labor Supply: Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and the Netherlands -- CHAPTER III....

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Preface -- CONTENTS -- TABLES -- TABLES IN NOTES -- Diagrams -- Illustrations -- INTRODUCTION -- PART I. Arc Lighting -- I. The Setting -- II. The Rise of Leading Firms -- III. Interfirm Relations -- IV. The Arc-Carbon Industry -- V. The Dynamics of the Industry --...

Frontmatter -- Foreword / Mason, Edward S. -- Contents -- Charts -- Tables -- I Economic Evolution -- 2. Current Locational Pulls on Manufacturing -- 3. Trends in Manufacturing: the Impact of 4 "Mix" -- 4. Trends in Manufacturing: the Impact of Competition -- 5. America's Business Headquarters...

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- CHARTS -- SECTION I. THE ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE HAWAIIANS IN 1778 -- CHAPTER I. THE ISLANDS AND THEIR PEOPLE -- CHAPTER II. LAND DIVISIONS, LAND TENURE, AND TAXES -- CHAPTER III. THE ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION -- SECTION II. THE DECAY OF FEUDALISM, 1778-1844...

Many socio-economic systems require positive economic growth rates to function properly. Given uncertainty about future growth rates and increasing evidence that economic growth is a driver of social and environmental crises, these growth dependencies pose serious societal challenges. In recent...

Suffocating smog regularly envelops Chinese metropolises from Beijing to Shanghai, clouding the future prospect of China's growth sustainability. Air pollutants do not discriminate between the rich and the poor, the politician and the "average Joe." They put everyone's health and economic...

Industrial policy, once relegated to resource allocation, technological improvements, and the modernization of industries, should be treated as a serious component of sustainability and developmental economics. A rich set of complimentary institutions, shared behavioral norms, and public...

Biographical note: GalbraithJohn Kenneth: John Kenneth Galbraith was Paul M. Warburg Professor of Economics, Emeritus, at Harvard University. James Goodman is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables -- Preface -- One. Public Finance and Economic Development -- 1. Public Finance and Development in Colombia -- 2. The Developmental Task of Tax Policy -- Two. Tax Structure Reform -- 3. Growth, Equity, and the Income Tax -- 4. Taxation and the Allocation of...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Staple Theory of Export-led Growth -- 3. Barriers to Export-led Growth -- 4. Export-led Growth in Peru -- 5. The Fishmeal Industry in Peru -- 6. The Production Function for Fishmeal -- 7. Backward Linkages -- 8....