10th October 2015 by

Extract: Keynes on Demand Deficiency

This analysis supplies us with an explanation of the paradox of poverty in the midst of plenty. For the mere existence…

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10th October 2015 by

Handout: Harrod-Domar Growth Models

The Harrod-Domar Models of Economic Growth Roy Harrod (1939) and Evsey Domar (1949) developed a Keynesian theory of economic growth which…

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10th October 2015 by

Article: Rostow’s Five Stages of Development

W.W. Rostow, The Stages of Economic Growth: A Non-Communist Manifesto (Cambridge University Press, 1960). CHAPTER 2: THE FIVE STAGES-OF-GROWTH–A SUMMARY (pp….

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10th October 2015 by

Handout: Dependency Model of Development

Background source Dependency Theory developed in the late 1950s under the guidance of the Director of the United Nations Economic Commission…

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9th October 2015 by

Article Money Isn’t Everything

source Money isn’t everything. But for measuring national success, it has long been pretty much the only thing (other than, of…

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9th October 2015 by

Summary: Models of Growth and Development

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9th October 2015 by

An Index of Economist Articles

The Economist (2000a) “Growth is good”, May 27, 2000, p.96. The Economist (2000b) “Letters: growth and the poor”, June 10, 2000,…

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9th October 2015 by

Article: Growth v Inequality

source Inequality v growth Up to a point, redistributing income to fight inequality can lift growth Mar 1st 2014  Some inequality…

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9th October 2015 by

Extract: Inequality and the Gini Coefficient

source The Economist Including capital gains, the share of national income going to the richest 1% of Americans has doubled since 1980,…

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7th October 2015 by

Activity: Theory of the Firm sheets

Theory of the Firm General Profit-maximising output occurs where………………………………………… Productive efficiency occurs where…………………………………………….. Allocative efficiency occurs where……………………………………………….. Normal profits are defined…

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