Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History
By: Angus Maddison
4.10
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
This book seeks to identify the forces which explain how and why some parts of the world have grown…
Want to Read $ 78.99"It is important to distinguish between lead and follower countries to understand the dynamics of technological diffusion, and analyse processes of catch-up and falling behind. ‘Lead’ countries are those whose economies operate nearest to the technical frontier; ‘follower’ countries have a lower level of labour productivity (or GDP per capita). Since 1500 there have been four lead countries, northern Italy in the sixteenth century, the Netherlands from the sixteenth century until the Napoleonic wars, when the UK took over. The British lead lasted until around 1890, and the US has been the leader since then."-Angus Maddison, Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History
"It is important to distinguish between lead and follower countries to understand the dynamics of technological diffusion, and analyse processes of catch-up and falling behind. ‘Lead’ countries are those whose economies operate nearest to the technical frontier; ‘follower’ countries have a lower level of labour productivity (or GDP per capita). Since 1500 there have been four lead countries, northern Italy in the sixteenth century, the Netherlands from the sixteenth century until the Napoleonic wars, when the UK took over. The British lead lasted until around 1890, and the US has been the leader since then."-Angus Maddison, Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History
"Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) had a growth schema with only two factors of production—natural resources and labour—with no allowance for technical progress, capital formation, or gains from international specialization. In 1798, he portrayed the general situation of humanity as one where population pressure put such strains on the ability of natural resources to produce subsistence that equilibrium would be attained only by various catastrophes. His influence has been strong and persistent, largely because of his forceful rhetoric and primitive scaremongering…He would have been very surprised to discover that Britain in 2003 would have only 1.2 per cent of its working population in agriculture and a life expectation of 78 years."-Angus Maddison, Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History
"Thomas Malthus (1766–1834) had a growth schema with only two factors of production—natural resources and labour—with no allowance for technical progress, capital formation, or gains from international specialization. In 1798, he portrayed the general situation of humanity as one where population pressure put such strains on the ability of natural resources to produce subsistence that equilibrium would be attained only by various catastrophes. His influence has been strong and persistent, largely because of his forceful rhetoric and primitive scaremongering…He would have been very surprised to discover that Britain in 2003 would have only 1.2 per cent of its working population in agriculture and a life expectation of 78 years."-Angus Maddison, Contours of the World Economy, 1-2030 AD: Essays in Macro-Economic History
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