A not-so-dismal science : a broader view of economies and societies / edited by Mancur Olson, Satu Kahkonen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Olson, Mancur.

Kähkönen, Satu.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Institutional economics.

Economics.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book strives to prove that economics is no longer the dismal science it was once described as. The economic ideas used in the social sciences, and the increased use of economics and economists' methods have helped this change.

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Introduction: The Broader View; 1 Big Bills Left on the Sidewalk; Why Some Nations Are Rich, and Others Poor; 2 Innovation and its Enemies: The Economic and Political Roots of Technological Inertia; 3 Economic Institutions and Development: A View from the Bottom; 4 Dictatorship, Democracy, and Development; 5 Overstrong Against Thyself: War, the State, and Growth in Eyrope on the Eve of the Industrial Revolution; 6 The Swedish Model: A Comment on Mancur Olson's Analysis

7 Affirmative Action and Reservations in the American and Indian Labor Markets: Are They Realty That Bad?8 Communities and Development: Autarkic Social Groups and the Economy; 9 Law from Order: Economic Development and the Jurisprudence of Social Norms; 10 The Nature of Institutional Impediments to Economic Development; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-05241-1

0-19-152214-7

9786612052415

0-19-829490-5

OCLC:

123129609