Gregory Ponthiere

Economics of the Long Period (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a non-technical introduction to Unified Growth Theory (UGT), that is, the study of history as a succession of economic regimes. It first focuses on the canonical example of regime shift: the transition from the regime of Malthusian stagnation to the modern regime of sustained economic growth. Then, it broadens the perspectives on historical change by examining other regime shifts involving institutional and environmental forces. This book fills a gap in the market by providing a more accessible treatment of UGT and invites readers to explore ideas of continuity and discontinuity in history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781009188296
• Artikelnr.: 66176879

Autorenporträt

Gregory Ponthiere is Professor of Economics and Philosophy at the Hoover Chair in Economic and Social Ethics, Catholic University of Louvain.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Long Period: Some Milestones: 1. A Brief History of Long-run Economic Analysis
2. Empirical Elements
Part II. Unified Growth Theory: Foundations: 3. The Stagnation Regime
 4. Economic Take-off
5. Institutions and Distribution
6. The Natural Environment
Part III. Unified Growth Theory: Microeconomics of Regime Shift: 7. Economic Growth and Education
8. The Birth of Institutions
9. Lifestyles and the Natural Environment
Conclusion. Continuity and Discontinuity in History.