How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
... And Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
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- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
20 August 2007
Summary
How Rich Countries Got Rich is a narrative history of modern economic development from the Italian Renaissance to the present day.
In it Erik S. Reinert shows how rich countries developed through a combination of government intervention, protectionism, and strategic investment. Reinert suggests that this set of policies in various combinations has driven successful development from Renaissance Italy to the modern Far East. Yet despite its demonstrable success, orthodox develo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781845298746 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1845298748 |
| Author: | Erik S. Reinert |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 20 August 2007 |
| Weight: | 492g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 154mm x 32mm |
| Series: | Tom Thorne Novels |
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Reinert asks the most fundamental questions about economic development, and proceeds to answer them with clear logic, a sweeping grasp of history and an immensely readable style.
Reinert asks the most fundamental questions about economic development, and proceeds to answer them with clear logic, a sweeping grasp of history and an immensely readable style. - Network Ideas
It lands powerful punches. - The Sunday TelegraphUnlike much of the writing produced by opponents of globalization, these are serious books by serious people. They deserve to be read. - Reviewed alongside H-Joon Chang s book in Financial Times.Warning: this book will forever change your conception of economic development. - Prof Perez, Cambridge University.A breakthrough in our understanding of the links between technology and the wealth and poverty of nations. - Prof Freeman, Univ of Sussex.About The Author
Erik S. Reinert
Erik S. Reinert, author of Globalization, Economic Development and Inequality: An Alternative Perspective (2004), is Professor of Technology, Governance and Development Strategies at Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia, and President of The Other Canon Foundation, Norway. He is one of the world’s leading heterodox development economists and is based in Norway.
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