How The West Grew RichBasic Books, 1986 M02 6 - 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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Página 117
... Exchange Merchants in Italy began using drafts drawn on their accounts with each other as a substitute for payment in coin during the thirteenth century . The use of bills of exchange permitted merchants to transfer the amounts they ...
... Exchange Merchants in Italy began using drafts drawn on their accounts with each other as a substitute for payment in coin during the thirteenth century . The use of bills of exchange permitted merchants to transfer the amounts they ...
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... exchange for some return from it . In conventional business enterprises , investors contribute capital in exchange for the right to its profits , and the others contribute in exchange for specified payments . But there are many ...
... exchange for some return from it . In conventional business enterprises , investors contribute capital in exchange for the right to its profits , and the others contribute in exchange for specified payments . But there are many ...
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... exchanges was epitomized by an exchange established to trade in shares of the Erie Railroad , after the Erie had been delisted by the New York Stock Exchange . In periods of economic expansion , stock exchanges , not only in the United ...
... exchanges was epitomized by an exchange established to trade in shares of the Erie Railroad , after the Erie had been delisted by the New York Stock Exchange . In periods of economic expansion , stock exchanges , not only in the United ...
Contenido
The Middle Ages | 37 |
The Growth of Trade to 1750 | 71 |
The Evolution of Institutions Favorable to Commerce | 113 |
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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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Adam Smith advances advantage agricultural American artisan authority became capital capital accumulation capitalist charters commercial companies competition corporations costs countries decline early Economic History economic organization economic sphere effect employees England Europe European exchange expansion experiment explanation factory system Fernand Braudel feudal fifteenth century firms guilds hierarchy Ibid important improvements incorporation increase individual Industrial Revolution innovation institutions interest investment investors labor land large numbers less manor manorial system manufacturing medieval merchant class merger Middle Ages military modern monopoly Nathan Rosenberg nineteenth century oligopoly organizational output ownership period population power looms production profits Protestantism putting-out system R. H. Tawney revenues rise risk scientific sector shares ships sixteenth social society steam engine supply textile towns trade transportation University Press urban villeins wealth West West's Western economic growth Western economies Western growth workers