With the life story of Shibusawa Eiichi (1840-1931), one of the most important financiers and industrialists in modern Japanese history, as its narrative focal point, this book explores the challenges of importing modern business enterprises to Japan, where the pursuit of profit was considered...

This book traces regional income inequality in Spain during the transition from a pre-industrial society to a modern economy, using the Spanish case to shed further light on the challenges that emerging economies are facing today. Regional inequality is currently one of the most pressing...

‘Jha is the right scholar and economist to take readers through the development of the Indian economy. Readers will be in good hands.’ -Edmund Phelps, Columbia University, USA, and winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Economics ‘This is perhaps the best and most scholarly contribution to...

This book provides a unique and refreshing look at the Korean economy over the past 60 years. While most books and articles on the Korean economy would be technical or specifically address some aspect of Korea, this text takes a overarching view of Korea’s economic development. It assesses...

German economic history in the industrial age has classically formed an important basis for the study of economic growth and industrialisation more generally. This book aims to introduce English-language readers to modern German economic history based on a selection of work by one of Germany's...

This book provides an up-to-date overview of the development of the German financial system, with a particular focus on financialization and the financial crisis, topics that have increasingly gained attention since the crisis and the discussion on the secular stagnation started. The authors of...

Preface -- Introduction to and Summary of Economic Growth: Perspectives on New Theory and Policy -- Decelerating Agricultural Society: Theoretical and Historical Perspectives -- Accelerating Economic Growth in Industrial Societies: The Process of Expansive Reproduction -- Determinants of...

Deutschands Wirtschaftswunder im System von Bretton Woods -- Chinas Aufstieg unter Bretton Woods II -- Wirtschaftswunder Deutschland und China im Vergleich -- Theorie exportgetriebenen Wachstums und internationaler Kapitalflüsse -- Ein Gleichgewichtsmodell globaler Ungleichgewichte --...

This edited collection provides a thorough historical, statistical, and institutional description of the current Brazilian economy and the previous economic structure from which it is emerging. The contributions explore the institutional economic and cultural forces shaping the current...

Chapter 1: Introduction and previous visits to Seoul -- Chapter 2: The Historical Development of Korea -- Chapter 3: The Country and its People -- Chapter 4: State and Economy - Essential Development Principles -- Chapter 5: Powerful Conglomerates - The CHAEBOL -- Chapter 6: Challenges for...