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Economics, Cognition, And Society

Growth Triumphant

The Twenty-first Century in Historical Perspective

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Publisher Description

Taking a longer view than most literature on economic development, Richard A. Easterlin stresses the enormous contrast between the collective experience of the last half century in both developed and developing countries and what has gone before. An economic historian and demographer, the author writes in the tradition of the “new economic history,” drawing on economic theory and quantitative evidence to interpret the historical experience of economic theory and population growth. He reaches beyond the usual disciplinary limits to draw, as appropriate, on sociology, political science, psychology, anthropology, and the history of science. The book will be of interest not only to social scientists but to all readers concerned with where we have been and where we are going.

“. . . Easterlin is both an economic historian and a demographer, and it is the combination of these two disciplines and the fine balance between theory and experience that make this well-written, refreshingly optimistic book excellent reading.” --Population and Development Review

“In this masterful synthesis, Richard Easterlin draws on the disciplines of economic history, demography, sociology, political science, psychology, and the history of science to present an integrated explation of the origins of modern economic growth and of the mortality revolution. . . . His book should be easily accessible to non-specialists and will give them a sense of why economic history can inform our understanding of the future.” --Dora L. Costa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, EH.Net and H-Net

Growth Triumphant is, simply, a fascinating book. Easterlin has woven together a history of economic growth, economic development, human mortality and morbidity, the connections each has with the others, and the implications of this nexus of forces on the future. . . . This book deserves a wide audience.” --Choice

“In what must surely be the most fair-minded, well-balanced, and scrupulously reasoned and researched book on the sensational subjects implied in its title--the Industrial Revolution, the mortality and fertility revolutions, and the prospects for future happiness for the human race--Professor Easterlin has set in place the capstone of his research career.” --Journal of Economic History

Richard A. Easterlin is Professor of Economics, University of Southern California.

GENRE
Business & Personal Finance
RELEASED
2009
November 10
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
216
Pages
PUBLISHER
University of Michigan Press
SELLER
Chicago Distribution Center
SIZE
1.8
MB
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