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International Economics, Second Edition : Understanding the Forces of Globalization for Managers. by Torelli, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: A Brief History of Modern Economic Globalization -- Chapter 2: Economic Growth, Convergence, and Trade -- Chapter 3: Theories of International Trade -- Chapter 4: Industrialization, Globalization, and Labor Markets -- Chapter 5: Politics, Globalization, and the State -- Chapter 6: Poverty, Progress, and Critics of Globalization -- Epilogue -- Postscript -- Index -- Adpage -- Backcover.…”
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Innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change by Link, Albert N.

Table of Contents: “…Innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change : an overview -- The entrepreneur as innovator -- Fundamental concepts of innovation and technological change -- R & D and firm performance -- The economics of R & D and economic growth -- Innovation in the service sector -- Technological spillovers and general purpose technologies -- University technology transfer -- University research parks -- Government as entrepreneur and innovator -- Innovation, entrepreneurship, and technological change : a research agenda.…”
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Building Cycles : Growth and Instability. by Barras, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations used in the text; 1 Introduction: A Historical Approach; 2 Growth and Cycles: The Economic Debate; 3 The Nature of Building Cycles; 4 Building Investment and Economic Growth; 5 Building Investment and Urban Development; 6 Case Study: The City of London Office Market; 7 A Simulation Model of the Building Cycle; 8 Property Cycles in Global Investment Markets; 9 Understanding the Building Cycle; Appendix A. …”
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Urban China : Toward Efficient, Inclusive, and Sustainable Urbanization

Table of Contents: “…11 Timing, Sequencing, and RisksPart II: Supporting Reports; 1 Urbanization and Economic Growth; Introduction; Urbanization and growth at a crossroads; 1.1 China's impressive economic growth has been accompanied by a massive population shift into urban areas; 1.1 Urbanization and economic growth; B1.1.1 Urbanization is inextricably linked to economic growth; 1.2 Growth is increasingly dependent on capital accumulation as productivity from reallocation of labor and capital is declining; 1.1 Incremental capital-output ratio in China and other economies, various periods.…”
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The Metropolitan enigma ; inquiries into the nature and dimensions of America's urban crisis.

Building nature's market : the business and politics of natural foods by Miller, Laura J.

Table of Contents: “…Markets and movements -- Escaping asceticism: the birth of the health food industry -- Living and working on the margins: a countercultural industry develops -- Feeding the talent: the path to legitimacy -- Questioning authority: the state and medicine strike back -- Style: identifying the audience for natural foods -- Drawing the line: boundary disputes in the natural foods field -- Cultural change and economic growth: assessing the impact of a business-led movement.…”
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Macroeconomics : integrating theory, policy and practice for a new era by Tuerck, David G.

Table of Contents: “…Labor, production, and economic growth -- 7. Deficit spending -- 8. Taxes and the macroeconomy -- 9. …”
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Reconstructing Political Economy : the Great Divide in Economic Thought. by Tabb, William K.

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; The two cultures in economics; Of dialogic debates and the uncertain embrace; Contestation and canonicity: the Adam Smith problem; The legacies of classical political economy; Marx and the long run; The neoclassical (counter) revolution; Heterodoxy and holism; Keynes and the world turned upside down; The last half-century in the mainstream; Theorizing economic growth; From equilibrium into history; Notes; References; Index.…”
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Building nature's market : the business and politics of natural foods by Miller, Laura J.

Table of Contents: “…Markets and movements -- Escaping asceticism: the birth of the health food industry -- Living and working on the margins: a countercultural industry develops -- Feeding the talent: the path to legitimacy -- Questioning authority: the state and medicine strike back -- Style: identifying the audience for natural foods -- Drawing the line: boundary disputes in the natural foods field -- Cultural change and economic growth: assessing the impact of a business-led movement.…”

Entrepreneurship and its economic significance, behavior and effects

Table of Contents: “…A Review of the Empirical Evidence of the Effect of Entrepreneurship on Employment, Productivity and Economic Growth; Abstract.…”
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Routledge Handbook of Modern Economic History. by Whaples, Robert M.

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Elderly entrepreneurship in an aging US economy : it's never too late by Zhang, Ting, 1978-

Table of Contents: “…Impact of Elderly Entrepreneurship on Metropolitan Economic Growth -- pt. 7. Elderly Entrepreneurship to Mitigate Labor and Fiscal Crises -- 10. …”
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The quality of growth and poverty reduction in China by Wang, Xiaolin, Wang, Limin, 1963-, Wang, Yan, 1953-

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A U-Turn on the Road to Serfdom : Prospects for Reducing the Size of the State. by Norquist, Grover

Table of Contents: “…; Figure 1Ratios of UK general government expenditure and residual private sector to UK GDP measured at factor cost 1870-2012; Table 2March 2013 budget forecasts for UK public spending by function and government receipts in 2013-14; The impact of tax and spending on growth; Competing theories of economic growth; Figure 2Effect of tax-financed public spending increase in post-neoclassical endogenous growth model.…”
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Information and Communication Technologies and Broad-Based Development : a Partial Review of the Evidence. by Grace, Jeremy, 1967-

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Harnessing Science and Technology for America's Economic Future : National and Regional Priorities. by Staff, National Research Council

Table of Contents: “…Representative from California""; ""Technological Advance and Economic Growth""; ""Sustaining American Innovation: Where Will Technology Come From?""…”
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Production, growth, and the environment : an economic approach by Weber, William L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Review of Microeconomic Tools -- Indicators of Environmental and Economic Well-Being -- Economic Growth and the Environment -- Joint Production of Desirable and Undesirable Outputs -- Estimating Environmental Performance -- Public Goods and Bads -- Externalities and Common Property Resources -- Valuing Environmental Resources -- Endangered Species -- Interest Rates, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and Nonrenewable Resources -- Renewable Resources -- Transaction Costs and Institutional Choice -- Retrospect and Future Prospects.…”
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The economy of Puerto Rico : restoring growth

Table of Contents: “…Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction and Summary -- Economic Growth -- Labor Supply and Public Transfers -- Why Don't More Puerto Rican Men Work? …”
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Reaching the rural poor : a renewed strategy for rural development. by Csáki, Csaba

Table of Contents: “…Development Context: Why A Strategy Update Is Necessary -- Framework For a Renewed Rural Development Strategy -- Fostering an Enabling Environment for Broad-Based and Sustainable Rural Growth -- Enhancing Agricultural Productivity and Competitiveness -- Fostering Non-Farm Economic Growth -- Improving Social Well-Being, Managing Risk and Reducing Vulnerability -- Enhancing Sustainable Management of Natural Resources -- Implementing the Strategy: KeyThrusts and Challenges.…”
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Measuring and sustaining the New Economy : report of a workshop

Table of Contents: “…Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Executive Summary -- Introduction 1 -- Introduction 2 -- Welcome to the New Economy -- Defining and Measuring the New Economy -- Drivers of the New Economy -- Communications and Software -- Applications and Policy Issues -- Roundtable Discussion -- Appendix A Raising the Speed Limit: U.S. Economic Growth in the Information Age -- Appendix B Biographies of Speakers* -- Appendix C Participants List* -- Appendix D Bibliography…”
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The rise of the U.S. environmental health movement by Davies, Kate, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…The European ancestry of environmental health ; Early environmental public health in the United States ; Environmentalism and economic growth ; The birth of the U.S. environmental health movement. -- The Contemporary Movement. …”
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The economics of uniqueness : investing in historic city cores and cultural heritage assets for sustainable development

Table of Contents: “…Livable historic city cores and enabling environment -- Investing in the sense of place -- Heritage economics -- Economic valuation of cultural heritage -- Heritage conservation and property values -- Governance in historic city core regeneration projects -- UNESCO world heritage list, tourism, and economic growth -- Financial mechanisms for historic city core regeneration and Brownfield redevelopment -- Mapping heritage economics for spatial analysis in historic city cores.…”
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China and India, 2025 : a comparative assessment

Table of Contents: “…-- China-India: a macroeconomic assessment -- Science and technology -- Chinese and Indian defense and defense procurement spending to 2025 -- Conclusions and implications -- Appendix A: Meta-analysis of economic growth in China and India -- Appendix B: Detailed calculations for, and additional figures showing, the projections in Chapter Four -- Appendix C: Analytic tables.…”
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Scarcity and Growth Revisited : Natural Resources and the Environment in the New Millenium. by Simpson, R. David

Table of Contents: “…Dedication; Contents; About the Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Mineral Resources and Consumption in the Twenty-First Century; Chapter 3 Economics of Scarcity; Chapter 4 Ecosystem Goods and Services and Their Limits; Chapter 5 Emerging Scarcities; Chapter 6 Sustainability and Its Economic Interpretations; Chapter 7 Resources, Scarcity, Technology, and Growth; Chapter 8 Endogenous Technologcal Change, Natural Resources, and Growth; Chapter 9 Evolutionary Analysis of the Relationship between Economic Growth, Environmental Quality, and Resource Scarcity.…”
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Innovation, Knowledge and Growth : Adam Smith, Schumpeter and the Moderns. by Kurz, Heinz D.

Table of Contents: “…On the growth of knowledge about the role of knowledge in economic growth: a critical assessment of recent literature on growth theory.…”
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Japanese Monetary Policy. by Singleton, Kenneth J.

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Revitalizing industrial growth in Pakistan : trade, infrastructure, and environmental performance by Sánchez Triana, Ernesto

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Technological change and economic performance by Link, Albert N.

Table of Contents: “…Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Some preliminary concepts; Early theoretical and empirical studies of economic growth; The production function concept of technological change; Alternative frameworks for measuring technical progress and productivity; Trends in productivity growth; The productivity slowdown; Sources of technical knowledge; The technology productivity growth relationship; Effects of information technology on workers and economic performance; Research partnerships and economic performance; Concluding statement…”
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Bangladesh : Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. / Steps toward change, national strategy for accelerated poverty reduction II (Revised), FY 2009-11

Table of Contents: “…2.2 Trends in Income Inequality2.3 Women's Poverty; Tables; 2.1 Head Count Ratio of Poverty, 1991/92 to 2005; 2.4 Regional Differences in Poverty; 2.2 Income Distribution, 2000 and 2005; 2.5 Extreme and Chronic Poverty; 2.6 Poverty Scenario Beyond 2005; 2.7 Medium Term Macroeconomic Framework; 2.3 Medium Term Macroeconomic Framework; 2.7.1 Growth and Investment; 2.7.2 Fiscal Policy; 2.7.3 Monetary Policy; 2.7.4 External Sector; Chapter 3: Roadmap for Pro-Poor Economic Growth: Strategic Blocks; 3.1 Strategic Block I: Macroeconomic Environment for Pro-Poor Economic Growth.…”
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The global employment challenge by Ghose, Ajit Kumar, 1947-, Majid, Nomaan, Ernst, Christoph

Table of Contents: “…4.3 The current state of employment4.4 Recent trends; 4.5 Economic growth and employment; 4.6 Employment effects of capital inflow and tradegrowth; 4.7 Policy challenges; 5 THE EMPLOYMENT-POVERTY INTERFACE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; 5.1 Reducing global poverty; 5.2 Did poverty decline in the 1990s?…”
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The changing wealth of nations : measuring sustainable development in the new millennium.

Table of Contents: “…Wealth accounting in the greenhouse ; Intangible capital and development ; Human capital and economic growth in China ; Linking governance to economic consequences in resource-rich economies : EITI and wealth accounting ; Country experiences with wealth accounting.…”
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The changing body : health, nutrition, and human development in the western world since 1700 / Health, nutrition, and human development in the western world since 1700

Table of Contents: “…Our changing bodies: 300 years of technophysio evolution -- Investigating the interaction of biological, demographic, and economic variables from fragmentary data -- The analysis of long-term trends in nutritional status, mortality, and economic growth -- Technophysio evolution and human health in England and Wales since 1700 -- Height, health, and mortality in continental Europe, 1700-2100 -- The American experience of technophysio evolution -- What has been achieved and is now in prospect?…”
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Power to the people : energy in Europe over the last five centuries by Kander, Astrid, Malanima, Paolo, Warde, Paul

Table of Contents: “…Energy transitions in the twentieth century -- Major development blocks in the twentieth century and their impacts on energy -- The role of energy in twentieth-century economic growth -- Summary and implications for the future.…”
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Imagine There's No Country : Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in the Era of Globalization. by Bhalla, Surjit

Table of Contents: “…Overview : new results on poverty, inequality, and growth in the era of globalization -- The pattern of economic growth, 1950-2000 -- Inequality as we know it -- Poverty as we are told it is -- Taking stock of the facts -- Recounting poor people -- Surveys and national accounts : can a choice be made? …”
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Designing modern Japan by Teasley, Sarah, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…'As a practical object it will be profitable' : design, industry and internationalization from the Tokugawa to the Meiji periods -- '100-yen cultured living' : design, policy and commerce in the early twentieth century -- Coffee sets and militarism : design in empire, war and occupation -- 'A landscape like a picture book ' : design, society and economic growth in post-war Japan -- 'Generosity and tolerance' : design and the information industries in late twentieth-century Japan.…”
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Before command : an economic history of Russia from emancipation to the first five-year plan by Gregory, Paul R.

Table of Contents: “…Perestroika and Lessons of the Past -- Ch. 2. Economic Growth and Development of Tsarist Russia -- Ch. 3. …”
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The changing wealth of nations : measuring sustainable development in the new millennium.

Table of Contents: “…Wealth accounting in the greenhouse ; Intangible capital and development ; Human capital and economic growth in China ; Linking governance to economic consequences in resource-rich economies : EITI and wealth accounting ; Country experiences with wealth accounting.…”
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The bridge at the edge of the world : capitalism, the environment, and crossing from crisis to sustainability by Speth, James Gustave

Table of Contents: “…Looking into the abyss -- Modern capitalism : out of control -- The limits of today's environmentalism -- The market : making it work for the environment -- Economic growth : moving to a post-growth society -- Real growth : promoting the well-being of people and nature -- Consumption : living with enough, not always more -- The corporation : changing the fundamental dynamics -- Capitalism's core : advancing beyond today's capitalism -- A new consciousness -- A new politics -- The bridge at the edge of the world.…”
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Escaping the poverty trap : investing in children in Latin America / Investing in children in Latin America

Table of Contents: “…""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Foreword""; ""About the Contributors""; ""INTRODUCTION Early Childhood Investment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty""; ""PART ONE Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty""; ""Summary""; ""Family Background and Intergenerational Poverty in Latin America""; ""PART TWO: Investing in Early Childhood""; ""Summary""; ""The Role of Early Childhood""; ""Investment in Development""; ""Bringing in New Actors""; ""The Impact of Early Childhood Intervention on Economic Growth and Equity""; ""How to Invest in Early Childhood Care and Development""…”
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The market economy by Foldvary, Fred E., 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Economics and the environment -- 6. Economic growth, development, and population -- 7. Public policy and governance -- 8. …”
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