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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If , to begin , we limit ourselves to the societies before the Industrial Revolution , the most rapid increase in Europe , China and India was about 0.4 0.6 % . After the Industrial Revolution the 40 years of most rapid population ...
If , to begin , we limit ourselves to the societies before the Industrial Revolution , the most rapid increase in Europe , China and India was about 0.4 0.6 % . After the Industrial Revolution the 40 years of most rapid population ...
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An annual increase in the workforce of 2.4 % ; a workforce distribution where 77 % were employed in agriculture , 10 % in ... it implied that employment in the other sectors should be increased by an annual 8.0 % , which is impossible .
An annual increase in the workforce of 2.4 % ; a workforce distribution where 77 % were employed in agriculture , 10 % in ... it implied that employment in the other sectors should be increased by an annual 8.0 % , which is impossible .
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In nineteenth - century Europe there was an increase in both yields and productivity , while in the United States yields , especially of cereals , remained stable while productivity increased even more rapidly than in Europe .
In nineteenth - century Europe there was an increase in both yields and productivity , while in the United States yields , especially of cereals , remained stable while productivity increased even more rapidly than in Europe .
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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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