Growth and Interaction in the World Economy: The Roots of Modernity

by Angus Maddison

Overview

This monograph explores the causes of the West's economic growth over the last 2,000 years and contrasts it with the economic history of the rest of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780844771731
Publisher:	American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Publication date:	12/28/2005
Pages:	93
Product dimensions:	5.58(w) x 8.54(h) x 0.33(d)

About the Author

Angus Maddison is emeritus professor on the faculty of economics at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands and the author of numerous works on long-term economic growth, most recently The World Economy: Historical Statistics (OECD, 2004).