How The West Grew RichBasic Books, 1986 - 353 páginas Rosenberg and Birdzell examine how the West--Europe, Canada, and the United States--escaped from poverty into sustained economic growth and material well-being. They present an interpretative study of the economic development of the Western world since the Middle Ages and argue that the political pluralism and flexibility of the West's institutions explain its prosperity and wealth. The authors demonstrate that the break-up of centralized political and religious controls encouraged the expansion of trade and the growth of urban culture, along with the scientific, cultural, and political freedom that was necessary to feed economic and technological innovations. ISBN 0-465-03108-0 : $19.95. |
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... activity , but an activity of increasingly large groups . For Western economies to develop comparatively autonomous economic spheres within which authority over economic decisions was decentralized to multiple decision centers , it was ...
... activity , but an activity of increasingly large groups . For Western economies to develop comparatively autonomous economic spheres within which authority over economic decisions was decentralized to multiple decision centers , it was ...
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... activity could be , and was , still con- ducted under the older forms of proprietorship and partnership organi- zation . But the publicly held corporation had two important advantages , worth mentioning here in anticipation of their ...
... activity could be , and was , still con- ducted under the older forms of proprietorship and partnership organi- zation . But the publicly held corporation had two important advantages , worth mentioning here in anticipation of their ...
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... activity required to achieve a net duplication consid- erably exceeds the activity being duplicated . This new activity arises in part from the expansion of some older enterprises ( others are static or die ) , in part from the ...
... activity required to achieve a net duplication consid- erably exceeds the activity being duplicated . This new activity arises in part from the expansion of some older enterprises ( others are static or die ) , in part from the ...
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How The West Grew Rich: The Economic Transformation Of The Industrial World Nathan Rosenberg,L. E., Jr. Birdzell Vista previa limitada - 2008 |
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