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Human Development and the Path to Freedom (New Approaches to Economic and Social History) - Softcover

Prados De La Escosura, Leandro

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9781108708586: Human Development and the Path to Freedom (New Approaches to Economic and Social History)
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ISBN 10: 1108708587 ISBN 13: 9781108708586
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2022

Synopsis

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.

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About the Author

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.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108708587
ISBN 13 
9781108708586
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
354
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