Culture and prosperity
Subtitle: why some nations are rich but most remain poor
By: John Kay.
Contributors: Kay, J. A.
Edition: 1st pbk. ed.
Publisher: HarperBusiness
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
Subjects: Free enterprise; Capitalism; Economic policy; Economic development; Culture
Other titles: Why some nations are rich but most remaun poor
Notes: Rev. ed. of: The truth about markets. 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [390]-410) and index.
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. The issues.  A postcard from France; title: The triumph of the market; title: People; title: Figures; title: How rich states became rich; title: pt. II. The structure of economic systems.  Transactions and rules; title: Production and exchange; title: Assignment; title: Central planning; title: Pluralism; title: Spontaneous order; title: pt. III. Perfectly competitive markets.  Competitive markets; title: Markets in risk; title: Markets in money; title: General equilibrium; title: pt. IV. The truth about markets.  Neoclassical economics and after; title: Rationality and adaptation; title: Information; title: Risk in reality; title: Cooperation; title: Coordination; title: The knowledge economy; title: pt. V. How it all works out.  Poor states stay poor; title: Who gets what?; title: Places; title: The American business model; title: The future of economics; title: The future of capitalism; title: Appendix : Nobel prizes in economics; title: Glossary.