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基本説明
A guide to understanding the causes and dynamics of the persistent income gap between rich and poor countries, as well as the rich and poor within the poor countries.
Full Description
Presenting up-to-date arguments in the debates about issues of economic growth and inequality, this book is a guide to understanding the causes and dynamics of the persistent income gap between rich and poor countries. Each reading includes a short introduction by the editors highlighting the significance of the selections.
Contents
The dual gaps - an updated overview of theory and research, M.A. Seligson. Is there a gap between rich and poor countries?: The world economy - a millennial perspective, A. Maddison; The persistence of the gap between rich and poor countries, 1960-1998, J.T. Passe-Smith; The rising inequality of world income distribution, Robert Hunter Wade; Could it be that the whole world is already rich? - a comparison of RGDP/pc and GNP/pc measures, J.T. Passe-Smith. The other gap - domestic income inequality: Economic growth and income inequality, S. Kuznets; Should equity be a goal of economic policy?, IMF Fiscal Affairs Department; Inequality and insurgency, E.N. Muller, M.A. Seligson; Some new evidence on correlates of political violence - income, inequality, regime repressiveness and economic development, E. Weede. The classis thesis - convergence or divergence?: The five stages of growth, W.W. Rostow; Catching up, forging ahead, and falling behind, M. Abramovitz; Productivity growth, convergence, and welfare - what the long run data show, W.J. Baumol; Productivity growth, convergence, and welfare - comment, J.B. DeLong; World economic trends in the distribution of income, 1965-1992, R.P. Korzeniewicz, T.P. Moran; Empirics of world income inequality, G. Firebaugh. Culture and development: The achievement motive in economic growth, D.C. McClelland; The confucian ethic and economic growth, H. Kahn; The culture of poverty, O. Lewis; The effect of cultural values on economic development - theory, hypotheses, and some empirical tests, J. Granato, R. Inglehart, D. Leblang. Dependency theory: the structure of dependence, T. dos Santos; American penetration and Canadian development - a study of mature dependency, H.J. Hammer, J.W. Gartwell; The Irish case of dependency - an exception to the exception?, D. O'Hern; Growth effects of foreign and domestic investment, G. Firebaugh; The long-term effects of foreign investment dependence on economic growth, 1940-1990, J. Kentor; Income inequality, development, and dependence - a reconsideration, A. Alderson, F. Nielson. The state, growth and inequality: Big bills left on the sidewalk - why some nations are rich, and others poor, M. Olson Jr.; Mauritius - a case study, A. Subramanian; Why aren't countries rich? weak states and bad neighbourhoods, C. Kenny; Urban bias and inequality, M. Lipton; Political regimes and economic growth, A. Przeworski, F. Limongi; Inequality as a constraint on growth in Latin America, N. Birdsall, R. Sabot; The myth of Asia's miracle, P. Krugman. Conclusion: Inequality in a global perspective - directions for further research, M.A. Seligson; Appendix; Basic indicators of the rich and poor in 133 countries.
