The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia: Institutional Origins of Social Change and StagnationWhy, from the eighteenth century onwards, did some countries embark on a path of sustained economic growth, while others stagnated? This text looks at the kind of institutions that are required in order for change to take place, and Ringmar concludes that for sustained development to be possible, change must be institutionalized. Taking a global view, Ringmar investigates the implications of his conclusion on issues facing the developing world today. |
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This contemporary—this modern—understanding of modernity is never better expressed than through the idea of a 'revolution.' Before the Enlightenment revolutions were understood as movements that took a society back in time to an ...
This contemporary—this modern—understanding of modernity is never better expressed than through the idea of a 'revolution.' Before the Enlightenment revolutions were understood as movements that took a society back in time to an ...
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The future, just as Jesus Christ, will never actually come. The. poverty. of. economic. theorising. The question is why it was that certain societies in Europe suddenly began changing in this relentless and everprogressive fashion.
The future, just as Jesus Christ, will never actually come. The. poverty. of. economic. theorising. The question is why it was that certain societies in Europe suddenly began changing in this relentless and everprogressive fashion.
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Thanks to continuous improvements in technology we are never running up against the limits of what it is possible to produce. What is at stake here is not allocative but instead adaptive efficiency. Merely reallocating resources within ...
Thanks to continuous improvements in technology we are never running up against the limits of what it is possible to produce. What is at stake here is not allocative but instead adaptive efficiency. Merely reallocating resources within ...
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There is a long and famous list of Chinese inventions which all were made well in advance of similar inventions in Europe.36 Yet the mere existence of this technology never allowed China to develop in the European fashion.
There is a long and famous list of Chinese inventions which all were made well in advance of similar inventions in Europe.36 Yet the mere existence of this technology never allowed China to develop in the European fashion.
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... Although the Chinese once had achieved many great things, they had grown conservative over the years and lost their sense of individualism. In the West, people think for themselves, Mill explained, and they never hesitate to ...
... Although the Chinese once had achieved many great things, they had grown conservative over the years and lost their sense of individualism. In the West, people think for themselves, Mill explained, and they never hesitate to ...
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| Title | The Mechanics of Modernity in Europe and East Asia: Institutional Origins of Social Change and Stagnation Routledge Explorations in Economic History |
| Author | Erik Ringmar |
| Publisher | Routledge, 2004 |
| ISBN | 1134292635, 9781134292639 |
| Length | 256 pages |
| Subjects | › › Business & Economics / Development / Economic Development Business & Economics / Economics / General Business & Economics / Economics / Theory Business & Economics / General Business & Economics / International / Economics & Trade |
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