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Culture and Prosperity: Why Some Nations Are Rich but Most Remain Poor

Door John Kay

Categorie
Economie & Management
Boeknummer
#371347-XO3
Titel
Culture and Prosperity: Why Some Nations Are Rich but Most Remain Poor
Auteur
Kay, John
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
New York : HarperBusiness
Jaar van uitgave
2005
ISBN10
0060587067
ISBN13
9780060587062
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Why are some countries rich and others poor? Why does a farmer in Sweden have a higher standard of living than a farmer in South Africa? Why does a schoolteacher in Switzerland earn more than one in Chicago? According to leading economic theorist John Kay, economic markets are key to the wealth or poverty of the world's nations. In Culture and Prosperity, Kay explores why market economies outperform socialist or centrally directed markets -- and why the imposition of market institutions often fails. His search for the truth about markets takes him from the shores of Lake Zurich to the streets of Mumbai, through theories of evolutionary psychology and moral philosophy to the flower market at San Remo and Christie's salesroom in New York. Witty, engaging, and grounded in cutting-edge economi... (Lees verder)c theory, Culture and Prosperity is essential for understanding the state of the world today.
Pagina's
420
Conditie
Goed — Name on verso cover.
Prijs
€ 15,00

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