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BL
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| Record Number
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706697
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b528886
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| Main Entry
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Easterlin, Richard A.,1926-
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| Title & Author
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Growth triumphant : : the twenty-first century in historical perspective /\ Richard A. Easterlin
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| Publication Statement
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Ann Arbor :: University of Michigan Press,, c1996
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| Series Statement
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Economics, cognition, and society
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| Page. NO
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xiv, 200 p. :: ill. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0472106945 (cloth : acid-free paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-188) and index
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| Contents
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Historical overview -- Revolution or evolution? : the epoch of modern economic growth -- The international impact of modern economic growth -- Modern economic growth and the national economy -- Why isn't the whole world developed? : institutions and the spread of economic growth -- The nature and causes of the mortality revolution -- Malthus revisited : the economic impact of rapid population growth -- The fertility transition : its nature and causes -- Secular stagnation resurrected : population and the economy in developed countries -- Does satisfying material needs increase human happiness? -- The next century in historical perspective
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| Subject
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Economic development-- History
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Economic forecasting
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| Dewey Classification
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338.9
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| LC Classification
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HD75.E168 1996
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