Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 256 pages
- Published by: W. W. Norton
- Edition: 2nd Edition December 19, 2001
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0393977455
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0393977455
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Book Dimensions:
9.3 x 6.8 x 0.8 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
Product Description
One of the hottest fields in contemporary macroeconomics, economic growth is both fascinating to theorists and critically important to policy makers. In
Introduction to Economic Growth-the only text in the field designed specifically for advanced undergraduates-Charles I. Jones explains in clear, direct language how economists have come to understand the long-run growth of economies. Beginning with empirical evidence-how rich are the rich countries, how poor are the poor, and how fast do the rich and poor countries grow? -Professor Jones then presents the major theories of economic growth, from the Nobel Prize-winning work of Robert Solow to the new growth theory that has ignited the field in recent years.
About The Author
Charles I. Jones is associate professor of economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a leading scholar in the field of economic growth. He received his A.B. from
Harvard University and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Reader ReviewsThis book delivers on its promise of being a textbook on economic growth theory for undergraduates. It is not easy (as economic growth is not), but it is definitely within the grasp of economics undergraduate with knowledge of basic economic principles. It also provides sufficient advance material in the second half of the book to stimulate further study into economic growth. However, beware that this is not a book about policy prescriptions for economic growth, it is about the theoretical framework to understand it (necessary, but not sufficient for policy prescriptions).
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