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Key Factors for Economic Success in Industrial Nations [electronic resource] : A Statistical Analysis
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Margolis, Lawrence.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic development.
- Economic policy.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic development.
- Economic policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (246 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Key Factors for Economic Success in Industrial Nations
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This work investigates the factors that have enabled some industrialized nations such as the United States, Sweden, and Japan to have more successful economies than others like South Korea, Greece, and Portugal. This rigorous statistical analysis yields numerous unexpected results.
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: Natural Resources: Population; Chapter Three: Sectors of Production; Chapter Four: Trade; Chapter Five: Ideology and its Effects on Economic Success; Chapter Six: Education, Research and Development; Chapter Seven: Unemployment; Chapter Eight: Inflation; Chapter Nine: Consumption versus Investment; Chapter Ten: Budget Deficits; Chapter Eleven: Taxation; Chapter Twelve: Social Welfare; Chapter Thirteen: Defense; Chapter Fourteen: Labor Unions; Chapter Fifteen: Culture; Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1840-7
- OCLC:
- 809771155
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