North Understanding the Process of Economic Change

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ISBN: 978-1-4008-2948-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, Band 32, 200 Seiten

Reihe: The Princeton Economic History of the Western World

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Autoren/Hrsg.

North, Douglass C.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftstheorie, Wirtschaftsphilosophie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

CHAPTER ONE: An Outline of the Process of Economic Change 1

PART I: THE ISSUES INVOLVED IN UNDERSTANDING ECONOMIC CHANGE 9

INTRODUCTION 11

CHAPTER TWO: Uncertainty in a Non-ergodic World 13

CHAPTER THREE: Belief Systems, Culture, and Cognitive Science 23

CHAPTER FOUR: Consciousness and Human Intentionality 38

CHAPTER FIVE: The Scaffolds Humans Erect 48

CHAPTER SIX: Taking Stock 65

PART II: THE ROAD AHEAD 81

INTRODUCTION 83

CHAPTER SEVEN: The Evolving Human Environment 87

CHAPTER EIGHT: The Sources of Order and Disorder 103

CHAPTER NINE: Getting It Right and Getting It Wrong 116

CHAPTER TEN: The Rise of the Western World 127

CHAPTER ELEVEN: The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 146

CHAPTER TWELVE: Improving Economic Performance 155

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Where Are We Going? 166

Bibliography 171

Index 183

Über Autor(innen)

Douglass C. North is professor of economics and Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. He was the corecipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1993.