The moral consequences of economic growth
By: Benjamin M. Friedman
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 570
ISBN-13: 9781400095711
Subjects: Economic development -- Moral and ethical aspects; Income distribution; Political participation; Democracy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [437]-548) and index
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Ideas, their origins, and their implications; title: 1. What growth is, what growth does; title: 2. Perspectives from the enlightenment and its roots; title: 3. Crosscurrents : the age of improvement and beyond; title: 4. Rising incomes, individual attitudes, and the politics of social change; title: pt. II. Democracy in America; title: 5. From Horatio Alger to William Jennings Bryan; title: 6. From TR to FDR; title: 7. Great Depression, Great exception; title: 8. America in the Postwar Era; title: pt. III. Other times, other places : the European democracies; title: 9. Britain; title: 10. France; title: 11. Germany; title: pt. IV. Development, equality, globalization, and the environment; title: 12. Economics and politics in the developing world; title: 13. Virtuous circles, vicious circles; title: 14. Growth and equality; title: 15. Growth and the environment; title: pt. V. Looking forward; title: 16. Economic policy and economic growth in America