A Very Short Introduction Allen, Robert C. Primary Author mixed material bibliography New York Oxford University Press 2011 monographic en English

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170p. In this book shows how the interplay of geography, globalization, technological change, and economic policy has determined the wealth and poverty of nations. Allen shows how the industrial revolution was Britain's path-breaking response to the challenge of globalization. Western Europe and North America joined Britain to form a club of rich nations, pursuing four polices--creating a national market by abolishing internal tariffs and investing in transportation, erecting an external tariff to protect their fledgling industries from British competition, creating banks to stabilize the currency and mobilize domestic savings for investment, and promoting mass education to prepare people for industrial work. Together these countries pioneered new technologies that have made them ever richer. A few countries--Japan, Soviet Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, and perhaps China--have caught up with the West through creative responses to the technological challenge and with Big Push industrialization that has achieved rapid growth through coordinated investment. Economics Economic 3309780199596652 Podomoro University Digital Library 330 All g 2015.02.0507 My Library 330 All g 2015.02.0508 My Library 330 All g global.jpg.jpg 236 2015-02-11 10:11:44 2018-02-13 14:43:57 machine generated