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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... population growth for the developed countries was the 1870-1910 period , where it stood at 1.1 % . But this was made possible by the largest migration in history , when between 1870 and 1913 some 33 million Europeans emigrated - most of ...
... population growth for the developed countries was the 1870-1910 period , where it stood at 1.1 % . But this was made possible by the largest migration in history , when between 1870 and 1913 some 33 million Europeans emigrated - most of ...
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... population growth has no negative aspects . In the 1950s and 1960s a very paradoxical informal alliance was formed ... population increase . Between 1950 and 1990 , China's population rose at an annual rate of 1.8 % compared to 2.4 % for ...
... population growth has no negative aspects . In the 1950s and 1960s a very paradoxical informal alliance was formed ... population increase . Between 1950 and 1990 , China's population rose at an annual rate of 1.8 % compared to 2.4 % for ...
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... population increase . All this does not imply that the measures have been strict enough ( except for China ) and that therefore the rapid population growth will disappear in the near future . According to United Nations projections ...
... population increase . All this does not imply that the measures have been strict enough ( except for China ) and that therefore the rapid population growth will disappear in the near future . According to United Nations projections ...
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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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