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How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
Erik S. Reinert
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Description for How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
Paperback. How Rich Countries Got Rich buries the economic orthodoxy once and for all and shows why freetrade is not he best answer for our hopes of worldwide prosperity. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: KC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 538. 400 pages, Illustrations. Offers a history of modern economic development. This book shows how rich countries developed through a combination of government intervention, protectionism, and strategic investment. It suggests that this set of policies in various combinations has driven successful development from Renaissance Italy to the modern Far East. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: KC. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 30. Weight: 608.
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 development economists have largely ignored this approach and insisted instead on the importance of free trade.
Reinert presents a strongly revisionist history of economics and shows how the discipline ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Constable
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
525g
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845298746
SKU
V9781845298746
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99-50
About 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.
Reviews for How Rich Countries Got Rich and Why Poor Countries Stay Poor
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 Telegraph
Unlike much of the writing produced by opponents of globalization, these are serious books by serious people. They deserve to ... Read more
Network Ideas
It lands powerful punches.
The Sunday Telegraph
Unlike much of the writing produced by opponents of globalization, these are serious books by serious people. They deserve to ... Read more