Joel Mokyr
The Enlightened Economy: Britain and the Industrial Revolution: 1700-1850
Издательство: Penguin Books Ltd., 2011 г.
978-0-140-27817-0
Книгопечатная продукция
Объем: 576 стр.
Why did Western countries become so much wealthier than the rest of the world? And what explains the huge rise in incomes during the Industrial Revolution - and why did Britain lead the way? In the years between the Glorious Revolution and the Great Exhibition, the British economy was transformed. Joel Mokyr`s landmark history offers a wholly new perspective for understanding Britain`s extraordinary rise during the Industrial Revolution, showing how intellectual, rather than material, forces were the driving force behind it. While empire, trade, resources and other factors all played a part, above all it was the creative ferment of the Enlightenment - with its belief in progress and scientific advancement - that affected the economic behaviour of thinkers, inventors, entrepreneurs and artisans, taking Britain into the modern era. Linking ideas and beliefs to the heart of modern economic growth, "The Enlightened Economy" will transform the way we view the Industrial Revolution.
Посмотрите также...
Analytical Foundations of Marxian Economic Theory
Professor Roemer`s goal in this book is to give a rigorous view of classical Marxian economic theory by presenting specific analytic models. The theory is not extended to deal with new problems, but it is deepened: Marxian theory is given ......
The Rise and Decline of the British Motor Industry (New Studies in Economic and Social History, 24)
This book is a concise and lucid review of the strengths and weaknesses of the British motor industry during the one hundred years since its foundation. Placing the industry firmly in a European context, the author first assesses its ......
What Is Globalization?
This important new book offers an engaging and challenging introduction to the thorny paths of the globalization debate....
Japan's Foreign Policy for the 21st Century: From Economic Superpower to What Power (St Antony's Series)
This book looks at Japan`s foreign policy at the regional and global level from a power perspective. Reinhard Drifte argues that, although Japan still poses as a political pygmy, it is no longer an economic superpower. Instead, it increasingly ......
The Economics of Europe and the European Union
This distinctive textbook combines comprehensive coverage of the key policy areas of the European Union with analysis of individual countries, including the recent accession countries and Turkey. Part I analyzes the economic bases forthe rise of ......
The Genesis of Macroeconomics: New Ideas from Sir William Petty to Henry Thornton
This is a book about the discovery of the great macroeconomic concepts and ideas by a group of very exciting people between the late seventeenth and early nineteenth century. The writers concerned included the anatomist Sir William Petty; John ......
The Richest Man in Town: The Twelve Commandments of Wealth
How did America`s richest - and self-made - multimillionaires become so successful? What secrets can be found in their lives, their values, and their businesses? Randall Jones, the founder of "Worth" magazine, traveled to one hundred different ......
23 Things They Don`t Tell You About Capitalism
In this revelatory book, Ha-Joon Chang destroys the biggest myths of our times and shows us the truth about how the world really works, including: there`s no such thing as a free market; the washing machine has changed lives more than the ......
The Shadow World: Inside the Global Arms Trade
The Shadow World is the harrowing, behind-the-scenes tale of the global arms trade. Pulling back the curtain on this secretive world, Andrew Feinstein reveals the corruption and the cover-ups behind weapons deals ranging from the largest in ......
House of Cards
In House of Cards bestselling author and former investment banker William Cohan gives the reader a front-row seat at Wall Street`s catastrophic unravelling at the seams, and the end of the Second Gilded Age on Wall Street. Through the prism of ......
The Secret History of the American Empire: The Truth About Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and How to Change the World
From the author of the "New York Times" bestseller "Confessions of an Economic Hit Man" comes an expos of international corruption. Perkins suggests how Americans can work to create a more peaceful and stable world for future generations....
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call it what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history. From the banking dynasty who funded the Italian ......
Great Degeneration, The
The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, ageing populations. But what exactly is amiss with Western civilization? The answer, Niall Ferguson ......
Рычаг богатства. Технологическая креативность и экономический прогресс
Почему одни страны креативнее других и почему некоторые необычайно инновационные общества - вроде Древнего Китая или Британии времен промышленной революции - впали в застой? В своей книге известный экономический историк Джоэль Мокир предлагает ......
Examination of Liberia`s Public Sector HRM (MOCI): 2009-2012
This Research Examination is designed as a descriptive research which is concentrated on Human Resource Management, Motivation, and Appraisal at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry for the period 2009-2012. At every public and private entity ......
Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises
As president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and then as President Barack Obama s secretary of the Treasury, Timothy F. Geithner helped the United States navigate the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, from boom to bust ......
RSS