Human Development and the Path to Freedom

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-108-70858-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 485 g

Reihe: New Approaches to Economic and Social History

How has human development evolved during the last 150 years of globalization and economic growth? How has human development been distributed across countries? How do developing countries compare to developed countries? Do social systems matter for wellbeing? Are there differences in the performance of developing regions over time? Employing a capabilities approach, Human Development and the Path to Freedom addresses these key questions in the context of modern economic growth and globalization from c.1870 to the present. Leandro Prados de la Escosura shows that health, access to knowledge, standards of living, and civil and political freedom can substitute for GDP per head as more accurate measures of our wellbeing.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Geschichte der VWL
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Introduction; Part I. An Aggregate View: 1. Augmented human development: What is it? How to measure it?; 2. Trends in human development; 3. World distribution of human development; Part II. The OECD and the Rest: 4. Human development in the OECD and the rest; 5. Human development in Latin America; 6. Human development in Africa; Postscript; Appendices.

Über Autor(innen)

Prados de la Escosura, Leandro
Leandro Prados de la Escosura is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at Carlos III University. He is the author of Spanish Economic Growth, 1850–2015 (2017). He is the editor of Exceptionalism and Industrialisation: Britain and its European Rivals, 1688–1815 (2004) and former editor of the journal Revista de Historia Económica.