Growth triumphant : the twenty-first century in historical perspective / Richard A. Easterlin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Easterlin, Richard A., 1926-2024, Author.

Contributor:

Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan), publisher.

Series:

Economics, cognition, and society.

Economics, cognition, and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--History.

Economic development.

Economic forecasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 200 pages)

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

An economic historian and demographer considers what the world, freed from material need, will look like.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Tables

Figures

Preface

1. Historical Overview

I. Modern Economic Growth

2. Revolution or Evolution? The Epoch of Modern Economic Growth

3. The International Impact of Modern Economic Growth

4. Modern Economic Growth and the National Economy

5. Why Isn't the Whole World Developed? Institutions and the Spread of Economic Growth

II. Population Growth

6. The Nature and Causes of the Mortality Revolution

7. Malthus Revisited: The Economic Impact of Rapid Population Growth

8. The Fertility Transition: Its Nature and Causes

9. Secular Stagnation Resurrected: Population and the Economy in Developed Countries

III. Implications for the Future

10. Does Satisfying Material Needs Increase Human Happiness?

11. The Next Century in Historical Perspective

Appendix A: Major Economic Inventions

Appendix B: Health Technology

Notes

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on information from the publisher.

ISBN:

9786612697555

9781282697553

1282697552

9780472023554

0472023551