Poverty and Progress: An Ecological Model of Economic Development

ISBN-13: 9781032307039 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 244 str.

Richard G. Wilkinson

Opis

Originally published in 1973 and now reissued with a new Preface, this striking book challenges the whole structure of our thinking on how societies develop – why some are primitive and others advanced.

Spis treści

1. Introduction 2. Cultural Evolution 3. Ecological Equilibrium 4. Disequilibrium and the Stimulus to Development 5. The Structure of Development 6. The English Industrial Revolution 7. Innovation and Technical Consistency 8. American Economic Development 9. Industrial Societies: Production and Consumption.