Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic history
Languages : en
Pages : 688
Book Description
The Eastern Economist; a Weekly Review of Indian and International Economic Affairs
Author: Fully Grown
Author: Dietrich VollrathPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226820041
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
Vollrath challenges our long-held assumption that growth is the best indicator of an economy’s health. Most economists would agree that a thriving economy is synonymous with GDP growth. The more we produce and consume, the higher our living standard and the more resources available to the public. This means that our current era, in which growth has slowed substantially from its postwar highs, has raised alarm bells. But should it? Is growth actually the best way to measure economic success—and does our slowdown indicate economic problems? The counterintuitive answer Dietrich Vollrath offers is: No. Looking at the same facts as other economists, he offers a radically different interpretation. Rather than a sign of economic failure, he argues, our current slowdown is, in fact, a sign of our widespread economic success. Our powerful economy has already supplied so much of the necessary stuff of modern life, brought us so much comfort, security, and luxury, that we have turned to new forms of production and consumption that increase our well-being but do not contribute to growth in GDP. In Fully Grown, Vollrath offers a powerful case to support that argument. He explores a number of important trends in the US economy: including a decrease in the number of workers relative to the population, a shift from a goods-driven economy to a services-driven one, and a decline in geographic mobility. In each case, he shows how their economic effects could be read as a sign of success, even though they each act as a brake of GDP growth. He also reveals what growth measurement can and cannot tell us—which factors are rightly correlated with economic success, which tell us nothing about significant changes in the economy, and which fall into a conspicuously gray area. Sure to be controversial, Fully Grown will reset the terms of economic debate and help us think anew about what a successful economy looks like.
The World in 2020
Author: Hamish McRaePublisher:
ISBN: 9780006383826
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Examines the forces for change, analyzes their impact over the course of the next twenty-five years, and shares a vision of the social, economic, and political conditions of the future.
The Eastern Economist
Author: Eastern Economist
Author: International Politics
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 378
Book Description
Department of State Appropriation Bill for 1948
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radio programs
Languages : en
Pages : 1090
Book Description
The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics
Author: Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349588024
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 7493
Book Description
The award-winning The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition is now available as a dynamic online resource. Consisting of over 1,900 articles written by leading figures in the field including Nobel prize winners, this is the definitive scholarly reference work for a new generation of economists. Regularly updated! This product is a subscription based product.
Indian Recorder & Digest
Author: Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Economics
Author: N. B. GhodkePublisher: Mittal Publications
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description