Contents: 1. Introduction: rethinking ethics, economic theory, and public policy -- 2. The evolution of ethics and the market economy -- 3. Understanding why ethical production and ethical investment can flourish in a global economy -- 4. Ethical choices in the economic world -- 5. Free will in...

Angus Maddison's analysis of economic growth and development are rooted in a rich array of compatible time series and cross-section data as well as incorporating unquantifiable variables. He has endeavoured to isolate the variable which have fostered or hindered the process of economic...