The Causes of Economic Growth Interdisciplinary Perspectives
What are the causes of economic growth? As billions of people still live in poverty, this is perhaps the most important question in human science. It is also a very complex one, as rates of economic growth are influenced by a multitude of economic as well
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Rick Szostak
The Causes of Economic Growth Interdisciplinary Perspectives
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BookID 185181_ChapID FM_Proof# 1 - 07/01/2009
The Causes of Economic Growth
BookID 185181_ChapID FM_Proof# 1 - 07/01/2009
Rick Szostak
The Causes of Economic Growth Interdisciplinary Perspectives
123
BookID 185181_ChapID FM_Proof# 1 - 07/01/2009
Dr. Rick Szostak Department of Economics University of Alberta Tory Building 8-14 Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4 Canada [email protected]
ISBN 978-3-540-92281-0
e-ISBN 978-3-540-92282-7
DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-92282-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008943996 © 2009 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permissions for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: WMXDesign GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany Printed on acid-free paper 987654321 springer.com
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Contents Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................xi List of Tables........................................................................................................ xiii 1
Interdisciplinarity and Economic Growth....................................................1 1.1 Applying Interdisciplinary Analysis to the Study of Growth ...................1 1.2 Authorship.................................................................................................5 1.3 The Relationship Between Interdisciplinarity and Disciplines ................7 1.4 A Starting Assumption..............................................................................9 1.5 A Critical Insight Regarding the Complexity of the Growth Process ......9 1.6 Motivation (Is Growth Good?) ............................................................... 10 1.7 The Integrative Process ........................................................................... 15 1.8 Plan of Book............................................................................................ 19 1.9 The Nature of the Guiding Question....................................................... 21 1.10 Defining Economic Growth .................................................................... 23 1.11 Defining ‘Causes’................................................................
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