Economic Myths and Economic Realities

Five Mistakes We Are Told Every Single Day, and the Real Sources of Economic Growth

Jorge Sá

• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Year: 2024
• eBook ISBN: 9798889105626
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Economic Theory
• Index: Economics

The world's ten richest countries have about 60 times the income per capita of the bottom ten. Nobel Prize-winning economists have acknowledged their ignorance regarding the sources of economic growth. This explains why, despite considerable financial assistance, the gap between poorer and richer countries has grown year after year, both globally and within countries like the USA and Europe.

Using straightforward statistical diagrams, this book explains approximately 90% of the variance in income among countries or states. First, it empirically demonstrates what does not work – the myths – from reindustrialization to Keynesianism. Then, it examines the real drivers of growth by evaluating whole countries (public, social and private sectors combined, including the non-working population) as companies, assessing their business administration across areas like marketing, work culture, strategy and operations. After all, numerous multinationals are larger than countries.

The lessons are twofold: First, nothing is more pointless than perfecting the irrelevant. Second, there are no underdeveloped countries, only undermanaged ones (P. Drucker). The wealthiest countries are, overall, the best-run companies.

Table of contents

• About the Author
• Dedication
• Copyright Information ©
• Synopsis of the Book
• I Introduction
• IIEconomic Myths: Five Mistakes We Are Told Every Single Day
• 2.1Leprechaun Economics: Forget Gross Domestic Product (GDP);Use National Income
• 2.2Within Economic Blocks, Countries (And Federal States) Tend to Diverge (Not to Converge)
• 2.3Financing Poorer Countries Leads Them to Fall Behind?
• 2.4Keynesianism Is(Increasingly) Irrelevant
• 2.5Industrialization Is Not the Solution to Create Wealth
• 2.6Conclusion
• IIIEconomic Realities: The Real Sources of Economic Growth
• 3.1Our Ignorance on the Sources of Economic Growth
• 3.2What If Countries Were Companies?
• 3.3The Results
• 3.4Conclusion
• IVPostface
• Selected References