Escaping Satiation
Subtitle: The Demand Side of Economic Growth
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 6, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 199
ISBN-13: 9783540420866
Subjects: Development economics; Macroeconomics; Microeconomics; Economic Development; Supply and demand; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Economics - Microeconomics; Business/Economics; Economics - Macroeconomics; Economics; Development - Economic Development; Business & Economics / Economic Development; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Business & Economics-Economics - Macroeconomics; Technological innovations; Overproduction; Consumption (Economics); Demand (Economic theory)
First sentence: "Nature's parsimony", as Ricardo once put it, has forced humans during their evolution to find ways of satisfying their physical needs in consuming foodstuff, clothing, shelter, and, perhaps, in acquiring some remedy for aches and illnesses.