Unintended Consequences The Impact of Factor Endowments, Culture, and Politics on Long-Run Economic Performance |
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Author:
| Lal, Deepak K. |
Series title: | The Ohlin Lectures |
ISBN: | 978-0-262-12210-8 |
Publication Date: | Oct 1998 |
Publisher: | MIT Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | AUD $129.00 |
Book Description:
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In this book, based on the 1995 Ohlin Lectures, Deepak Lal provides an interdisciplinary account of the role of culture in shaping economic performance. Topics addressed include a possible future clash of civilizations, the role of Asian values in the East Asian economic miracle, the cultural versus economic causes of social decay in the West, and whether modernization leads to Westernization. Lal makes an important disctinction between material and cosmological beliefs, showing how...
More DescriptionIn this book, based on the 1995 Ohlin Lectures, Deepak Lal provides an interdisciplinary account of the role of culture in shaping economic performance. Topics addressed include a possible future clash of civilizations, the role of Asian values in the East Asian economic miracle, the cultural versus economic causes of social decay in the West, and whether modernization leads to Westernization. Lal makes an important disctinction between material and cosmological beliefs, showing how both were initially shaped by factor endowments and how they have evolved in response to changing historical pressures in different civilizations.