How rich countries got rich-- and why poor countries stay poor
By: Erik S. Reinert
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf ed.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780786718429
Subjects: Economic history; Economic development; History
Description: Explains the mechanisms that have produced the increasingly large gap between rich and poor countries. Refutes current economic policy orthodoxy and opens up the debate on why free trade is not the best answer for our hopes of worldwide prosperity.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and (p. [336]-356) index.
Table of contents: title: Discovering types of economic theories; title: The evolution of the two different approaches; title: Emulation : how rich countries got rich; title: Globalizations : the arguments in favour are also the arguments against; title: Globalization and primitivization : how the poor get even poorer; title: Explaining away failure : red herrings at the end of history; title: Palliative economics : why the millennium goals are a bad idea; title: 'Get the economic activities right', or, the Lost art of creating middle-income countries; title: Appendices : David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage in international trade; title: Two different ways of understanding the economic world and the wealth and poverty of nations; title: Frank Graham's theory of uneven development; title: Two ideal types of protectionism compared; title: Philipp von Hornigk's nine points on how to emulate the rich countries (1684); title: The quality index of economic activities; title: Notes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.