Human development and the path to freedom : 1870 to the present / Leandro Prados de la Escosura.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro, author.

Series:

New approaches to economic and social history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development--History.

Economic development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 330 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

How has human development evolved during the last 150 years of globalization and economic growth? How has human development been distributed across countries? How do developing countries compare to developed countries? Do social systems matter for wellbeing? Are there differences in the performance of developing regions over time? Employing a capabilities approach, Human Development and the Path to Freedom addresses these key questions in the context of modern economic growth and globalization from c.1870 to the present. Leandro Prados de la Escosura shows that health, access to knowledge, standards of living, and civil and political freedom can substitute for GDP per head as more accurate measures of our wellbeing.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jul 2022).

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Print version:

ISBN:

9781108769655 (ebook)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.