num_pages: 456
description: a landmark in the contemporary approach to economics The Observerit is as good a book as its most obvious predecessors in the Smith's Wealth of Nations and Marshall's Industry and the Trade Times Educational SupplementSetting out the problems to be solved if mankind is to be freed from poverty Theory of Economic Growth embraces the disciplines of economics history sociology politics and anthropology in its coverage. Focussing on output and growth (rather than distribution and consumption) the book discusses economic institutions knowledge capital population resources and government and their role in the growth of output per head of population.
language: English
title: The Theory of Economic Growth
publisher: Routledge