The Nature of Economic Growth: An Alternative Framework for Understanding the Performance of Nations - Couverture souple

Thirlwall, A. P.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1843763389 ISBN 13 : 9781843763383

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

This concise book, by one of the leading scholars in development economics, has been developed from a series of lectures given to masters students and will serve as an excellent introduction to the principles of growth and development theory.

The author presents conventional wisdom with a critical eye and charts development economics as it has evolved from Adam Smith to 'new' or endogenous growth theory. Thirlwall is critical of the latter, and its predecessor neo-classical growth theory, and tries to put back demand as a driving force in growth theory. He argues that in an open developing economy one of the major constraints is the availability of foreign exchange to pay for imports, so that export growth which relaxes a balance of payments constraint on demand becomes a crucial determinant of overall growth performance. Demand creating its own supply in a growth context, rather than the pre-Keynesian view of supply creating its own demand, provides an alternative framework to the neo-classical one for understanding the differential growth performance of nations.

This highly original book will be essential reading for all students and scholars of development and growth economics.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The late A.P. Thirlwall, formerly Professor of Applied Economics, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1843763389
• ISBN 13: 9781843763383
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 128
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• Personne responsable: non disponible