Understanding the process of economic change /
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Princeton University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Princeton, NJ : |
Publication Dates: | [2005] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
The Princeton economic history of the Western world
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Item Description: | Originally published: 2005. |
Carrier Form: | xi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-181) and index. |
ISBN: |
9780691145952 0691145954 |
Index Number: | HB97 |
CLC: | F061.3 |
Call Number: | F061.3/N864 |
Contents: | An outline of the process of economic change -- Uncertainty in a non-ergodic World -- Belief systems, culture, and cognitive science -- Consciousness and human intentionality -- The scaffolds humans erect -- Taking stock -- The evolving human environment -- The sources of order and disorder -- Getting it right and getting it wrong -- The rise of the western world -- The rise and fall of the Soviet Union -- Improving economic performance -- Where are we going? |