Rich Countries And Poor Countries
Reflections On The Past, Lessons For The Future
- 194 pages
- English
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Rich Countries And Poor Countries
Reflections On The Past, Lessons For The Future
About this book
In these ten graceful and learned essays, Professor Rostow addresses the future of the world and its economy from the perspective of his more than forty years of study and reflection on the problems of economic development. Rostow focuses on how we are to create and sustain a civilized and industrious world society in an international trading system beset by historic trends with enormous potential for disruption. These powerful forcesâincluding an industrial revolution of microelectronics, genetic engineering, robots and lasers, and the diffusion of high technology to low-wage areasâare creating different sets of irrevocably intertwined problems for nations around the world. The issues are illuminated here by Rostow's mastery of economic history as well as the history of political economy. In addition to general discussions placing the issues historically and intellectually, there are essays highlighting the particular concerns of Mexico, India, Japan, and the Pacific Basin. In his final remarks, Rostow speculates on how the large economic trends affecting the superpowers may lead gradually to a truly significant lessening of East-West tensions. This book will be valuable for any citizen or student concerned about the future of the global economy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Acronyms
- 1 Reflections on the Past and Future of Political Economy
- 2 The World Economy Since 1945: A Stylized Historical Analysis
- 3 The Rich CountryâPoor Country Problem: From the Eighteenth to the Twenty-first Century
- 4 Long Cycles and Policy
- 5 A Perspective on the Global Economic Agenda
- 6 Toward a New Hemispheric Partnership
- 7 India and the Fourth Industrial Revolution
- 8 The Pacific Basin and the World Economy
- 9 Is There Need for Economic Leadership? Japanese or U.S.?
- 10 How the Cold War Might End
- Index