Scarcity and Frontiers Scarcity and Frontiers

Scarcity and Frontiers

How Economies Have Developed Through Natural Resource Exploitation

Edward B. Barbier
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Publisher Description

Throughout much of history, a critical driving force behind global economic development has been the response of society to the scarcity of key natural resources. This book provides a fascinating account of the contribution that natural resource exploitation has made to economic development in key eras of world history.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2013
November 6
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
768
Pages
PUBLISHER
Cambridge University Press
SELLER
Cambridge University Press
SIZE
5.9
MB

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