Economics and World History: Myths and ParadoxesWe cherish many myths about our histories. Not the least of these myths are those about economic history: such as the roots of depressions, the causes of growth and the reasons behind nations' different stages of economic development. Paul Bairoch sets out in this book to demolish 18 such myths and to reveal generally unnoticed but economically important turning points in modern economic history. |
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... estimates we have that of David Landes , who , on the basis of Deane's estimate for Britain and Marczewski's1o for France and data for less developed countries around 1961 , concludes that ' Western Europe . . . was already rich before ...
... estimates we have that of David Landes , who , on the basis of Deane's estimate for Britain and Marczewski's1o for France and data for less developed countries around 1961 , concludes that ' Western Europe . . . was already rich before ...
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... estimate of the level of GNP per capita of future developed countries around 1750 for which I arrived at an unrounded figure of $ 182 ; or , if one prefers , $ 170-90 . For the future Third World I made rather elaborate calculations for ...
... estimate of the level of GNP per capita of future developed countries around 1750 for which I arrived at an unrounded figure of $ 182 ; or , if one prefers , $ 170-90 . For the future Third World I made rather elaborate calculations for ...
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... estimate : 7.9 % with a margin of error of minus or plus 12 % .13 Let us now see what was probably the real level of world urbanization around 1800. The new estimates we now have at our disposal are based on extensive historical data ...
... estimate : 7.9 % with a margin of error of minus or plus 12 % .13 Let us now see what was probably the real level of world urbanization around 1800. The new estimates we now have at our disposal are based on extensive historical data ...
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Were only the fascist economies able to overcome | 7 |
Was there a Golden Era of European Free Trade? | 16 |
NonEuropean traditional trade policies before the nineteenth | 30 |
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