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Culture and prosperity : why some nations are rich but most remain poor / John Kay.
Publication details: New York, N.Y. : HarperBusiness, c2005.Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: viii, 420 p. : ill. ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780060587062 (pbk.) :
- 0060587067 (pbk.) :
- Why some nations are rich but most remaun poor
- HB95 .K29 2005
Contents:
Pt. I. The issues. A postcard from France -- The triumph of the market -- People -- Figures -- How rich states became rich -- pt. II. The structure of economic systems. Transactions and rules -- Production and exchange -- Assignment -- Central planning -- Pluralism -- Spontaneous order -- pt. III. Perfectly competitive markets. Competitive markets -- Markets in risk -- Markets in money -- General equilibrium -- pt. IV. The truth about markets. Neoclassical economics and after -- Rationality and adaptation -- Information -- Risk in reality -- Cooperation -- Coordination -- The knowledge economy -- pt. V. How it all works out. Poor states stay poor -- Who gets what? -- Places -- The American business model -- The future of economics -- The future of capitalism -- Appendix : Nobel prizes in economics -- Glossary.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | HB 95 .K29 2005 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5092981 |
Rev. ed. of: The truth about markets. 2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [390]-410) and index.
Pt. I. The issues. A postcard from France -- The triumph of the market -- People -- Figures -- How rich states became rich -- pt. II. The structure of economic systems. Transactions and rules -- Production and exchange -- Assignment -- Central planning -- Pluralism -- Spontaneous order -- pt. III. Perfectly competitive markets. Competitive markets -- Markets in risk -- Markets in money -- General equilibrium -- pt. IV. The truth about markets. Neoclassical economics and after -- Rationality and adaptation -- Information -- Risk in reality -- Cooperation -- Coordination -- The knowledge economy -- pt. V. How it all works out. Poor states stay poor -- Who gets what? -- Places -- The American business model -- The future of economics -- The future of capitalism -- Appendix : Nobel prizes in economics -- Glossary.
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