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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Indeed , if such had been the case , it would imply that economic development requires the exploitation of other large regions to succeed and , since the Third World could not fulfil these conditions today , it implies the impossibility ...
Indeed , if such had been the case , it would imply that economic development requires the exploitation of other large regions to succeed and , since the Third World could not fulfil these conditions today , it implies the impossibility ...
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This implies that to compensate for the 2.4 % population increase , some 10-12 % of GNP needs to be invested . Such an investment ratio was reached in Europe only after more than half of a century of development , at a time when its ...
This implies that to compensate for the 2.4 % population increase , some 10-12 % of GNP needs to be invested . Such an investment ratio was reached in Europe only after more than half of a century of development , at a time when its ...
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A high rate of population increase implies an even more rapid rise in school - age populations . This , in turn , implies the necessity for a very rapid expansion in school facilities in both physical and human terms , and both are not ...
A high rate of population increase implies an even more rapid rise in school - age populations . This , in turn , implies the necessity for a very rapid expansion in school facilities in both physical and human terms , and both are not ...
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Contents
Was there Free Trade in the Rest of the World? | 30 |
Has Protectionism Always had a Negative Impact? | 44 |
Major Myths on the Role of the Third World in Western | 57 |
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| Title | Economics and World History: Myths and Paradoxes |
| Author | Paul Bairoch |
| Publisher | Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1993 |
| ISBN | 074500654X, 9780745006543 |
| Length | 184 pages |
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