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A not-so-dismal science : a broader view of economies and societies / edited by Mancur Olson, Satu K...

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A not-so-dismal science : a broader view of economies and societies / edited by Mancur Olson, Satu Kähköhnen.

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Full title

A not-so-dismal science : a broader view of economies and societies / edited by Mancur Olson, Satu Kähköhnen.

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2000.

Call Numbers

T0357919

Record Identifier

74VvMbrxD4mZ

MMS ID

991007282629702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

x,274 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Contents

Introduction: The Broader View / Mancur Olson and Satu Kahkonen -- 1. Big Bills Left on the Sidewalk: Why Some Nations Are Rich, and Others Poor / Mancur Olson -- 2. Innovation and its Enemies: The Economic and Political Roots of Technological Inertia / Joel Mokyr -- 3. Economic Institutions and Dev...

10. The Nature of Institutional Impediments to Economic Development / Pranab Bardhan.

Publication information

Publisher

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2000.

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

c2000.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"The influence of economic thinking in other social sciences is bringing about a theoretical integration of all the social sciences under one overarching paradigm."--BOOK JACKET. "The chapters of this book illustrate the intellectual advances that account for this unified view of economies and societies. The key theme which emerges is the interacti...

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Full title

A not-so-dismal science : a broader view of economies and societies / edited by Mancur Olson, Satu Kähköhnen.

Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes

General note

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ).

State Reference Library copy: transferred from 330/314.

Contextual Information

Date Copyright

c2000.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

T0357919

Record Identifier

74VvMbrxD4mZ

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvMbrxD4mZ

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ISBN

0198293690 (hbk.)

9780198293699(cased) :

0198293690(cased) :

9780198294900(pbk.) :

0198294905(pbk.) :

9780198293699

0198293690

9780198294900 (pbk.)

0198294905 (pbk.)

9780198293699 (cased) :

0198293690 (cased) :

9780198294900 (pbk.) :

0198294905 (pbk.) :

9780198293699 (hbk.)

DDC

330

MMS ID

991007282629702626

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