The Causes of Economic Growth: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Author:   Rick Szostak
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
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9783642100789


Pages:   373
Publication Date:   19 October 2010
Format:   Paperback
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What are the causes of economic growth? As billions of people still live in poverty, this is perhaps the most important question in human science. It is also a very complex one, as rates of economic growth are influenced by a multitude of economic as well as political, geographical and sociological factors. This books attempts to advance a nuanced understanding of the process of economic growth by synthesizing the insights of several social science disciplines. Different theories and methods employed by economists and other social scientists to study the causes of economic growth are analyzed and it is shown how and why those insights should be integrated by applying best-practice techniques of interdisciplinary analysis. Scholars and practitioners are thus provided with a wide array of potential strategies for encouraging growth as well as guidance on how these strategies may interact.

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Author:   Rick Szostak
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.593kg
ISBN:  

9783642100789


ISBN 10:   3642100783
Pages:   373
Publication Date:   19 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Interdisciplinarity and Economic Growth.- The Key Phenomena that Potentially Cause Growth.- The Most Relevant Theories and Methods.- Relevant Disciplines and Disciplinary Perspectives.- An Interdisciplinary Literature Survey.- The Causes of Economic Growth: Investment, Trade, Technology, Geography.- The Causes of Economic Growth: Institutions.- The Causes of Economic Growth: Cultural and Social Determinants.- Causal Arguments Under-studied in the Literature.- Emergent Properties of the System of Causal Links.- Integrating Diverse Views of the Role of Government.- Reflections on the Results of Integration.- Possible Tests of the Results of Integration.- Concluding Remarks.

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