The Economic Future in Historical Perspective, Volume 13Paul A. David, Mark Thomas In this volume, leading modern economic historians show how analysis of past experiences contributes to a better understanding of present-day economic conditions; they offer important insights into major challenges that will occupy the attention of policy makers in the coming decades. The seventeen essays are organised around three major themes, the first of which is the changing constellation of forces sustaining long-run economic growth in market economies. The second major theme concerns the contemporary challenges posed by transitions in economic and political regimes, and by ideologies that represent legacies from past economic conditions that still affect policy responses to new 'crises'. The third theme is modern economic growth's diverse implications for human economic welfare - in terms of economic security, nutritional and health status, and old age support - and the institutional mechanisms communities have developed to cope with the risks that individuals are exposed to by the concomitants of rising prosperity. |
Contents
DRIVERS OF LONGTERM ECONOMIC GROWTH | 29 |
The Industrious Revolution and Economic Growth | 43 |
A Neglected Factor in the First | 73 |
Britain | 103 |
Technological Systems and Comparative Systems | 167 |
CHANGES IN ECONOMIC REGIMES AND IDEOLOGIES | 197 |
The Russian Transition through the Historical Looking | 231 |
The Behaviour | 267 |
A Perspective on | 339 |
WELFARE WELLBEING AND PERSONAL | 363 |
Economic Welfare Measurements and Human Wellbeing | 371 |
Past and Future | 401 |
What Future for a Tall Story? | 419 |
The Changing | 439 |
An Old Poor Law for the New Europe? Reconciling Local | 463 |
Past Present Future | 479 |
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