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Author:   J. E. Meade
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   AldineTransaction
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.680kg
ISBN:  

9780202363097

ISBN 10:   0202363090
Pages:   512
Publication Date:   15 March 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

I: The One-Product Model; I: Six Assumptions; II: Money, Prices, and Interest in the One-Product Model; III: Of Propdems, Plantcaps, and other States of Society; IV: The One-Product Model of Capitalistic Production; V: Changes in Standards of Living in Propdems and Plantcaps; VI: The State of Steady Growth: (1) Two Factors and No Technical Progress; VII: The State of Steady Growth: (2) A Third Factor and Technical Progress; VIII: The Level of Consumption in a State of Steady Growth; IX: The Determinants of Technical Progress; X: Demographic Adjustment; XI: Population Growth and the Standard of Living; XII: Savings: (1) Perfect Selfishness; XIII: Savings: (2) Perfect Altruism; XIV: From Propdem and Plantcap to Procap; II: The Many-Product Model; XV: Capitalistic Production with Many Products; XVI: Money, Prices, and Interest in a Many-Product Economy; XVII: The Stationary State; XVIII: Equilibrium Growth in a Competitive Economy; XIX: Planned Growth in a Socialist Economy; XX: A Four-Product Model; XXI: Risk, Uncertainty, and Enterprise; XXII: Three Methods of Reducing Risk and Uncertainty; XXIII: Efficiency and Distribution Revisited—Conclusion

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<p> This is a remarkable work by one of the greatest living masters of technical economics. . . . The analysis is all there and beautifully done. <p> --Kenneth E. Bouilding, Journal of Economic Literature <p> [T]he present volume covers contemporary models of economic growth. . . . [T]he volume is a useful expository source for a few special subjects. . . . high quality. <p> --Mordecai Kurz, The Journal of Finance <p> [T]he student will learn quite a lot about equilibrium configurations of steady-state growth. <p> --R. M. Solow, The Economic Journal

-This is a remarkable work by one of the greatest living masters of technical economics. . . . The analysis is all there and beautifully done.- --Kenneth E. Bouilding, Journal of Economic Literature -[T]he present volume covers contemporary models of economic growth. . . . [T]he volume is a useful expository source for a few special subjects. . . . high quality.- --Mordecai Kurz, The Journal of Finance -[T]he student will learn quite a lot about equilibrium configurations of steady-state growth.- --R. M. Solow, The Economic Journal

Author Information

J. E. Meade (1907-1995) was widely known for his analysis on government's policies on taxes, spending, and interest rates that affected trade, trade policies, and economic welfare. In 1977 he was awarded the Noble Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. Some of his works include The Theory of International Economic Policy (a two-volume set) and Principals of Political Economy (a four-volume set).

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