Covering the disciplines of economics, history, sociology, politics and anthropology, this book sets out the problems to be solved if mankind is to be freed from poverty. Focussing on output and growth, it discusses economic institutions, knowledge, capita
Covering the disciplines of economics, history, sociology, politics and anthropology, this book sets out the problems to be solved if mankind is to be...
Do rich industrial nations underestimate the threat to their economic stability posed by demands for a new international economic order? Are the developing countries wrong to assume that their economic advancement depends on a transfer of wealth from the richer nations? Sir W. Arthur Lewis's provocative analysis of the present economic order and its origins suggests that the answer to both questions is yes.
Professor Lewis perceptively illuminates aspects of recent economic history that have often been overlooked by observers of international affairs. He asks first how the world came...
Do rich industrial nations underestimate the threat to their economic stability posed by demands for a new international economic order? Are the de...