发帖
雷达卡
非常好的一本介绍英国经济史的书，原书是一页页的网页格式，我下了一个小时才弄完，挣点辛苦费吧。
总体感觉是历史给每个国家发展的机遇稍纵即逝，而先发优势是惊人的。如果现在的中国处在当年英国世界工厂的地位，也不会像现在这样只是挣一点辛苦钱。二战后英国的状况是很惨的，但是现在他的经济还算不错。中国经历了二十多年的改革开放钢筋水泥的增加是看得到的变化，但是更重要的还是人的素质的提高。本书有专门的章节介绍劳动力及其素质。
如果谁想读本书但是金钱有限，可以发短信给我，我会免费赠送给你，也多结交个朋友了。
British Economic Growth 1856-1973
Matthews, R. C. O. Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University
Feinstein, C. H. Professor of Economic and Social History, York University
Odling-Smee, J. Senior Economist, International Monetary Fund, Washington
Abstract: The subject of this book is the course and causes of British economic growth from the middle of the nineteenth century until 1973. The approach is quantitative in that it is heavily statistical while being well grounded in economic theory. Special emphasis is placed on growth in the period since World War II in comparison with growth in earlier periods. The pattern of growth was U-shaped: it declined from above 2% a year in the mid-nineteenth century to zero during World War I and rose again to nearly 3% in the post-World War II period. The superior performance of the post-war period is accounted for by faster growth of total factor productivity (TFP), with total factor input growing more slowly despite a historically high rate of investment. The main exogenous factors contributing to the U-shaped pattern of output and TFP growth are identified. The scope for catching up with technologically more advanced economies increased over time, and they themselves were innovating more rapidly in the post-war period. Labour attitudes and managerial and entrepreneurial quality worsened in the latter part of the nineteenth century and improved in the twentieth century, partly because of the jolt to institutions administered by the World Wars. Foreign competition, especially in agriculture, and the exhaustion of TFP possibilities in textiles and coal mining also contributed to the decline in growth in the first half of the period. Throughout, and especially in the post-war period, capital accumulation played a reinforcing role, being influenced by, and in turn contributing to, output and TFP growth.
Keywords: 1856–1973, capital, causes of growth, economic history, growth, labour, output growth, total factor productivity, United Kingdom
Keywords: 1856–1973, capital, causes of growth, economic history, growth, labour, output growth, total factor productivity, United Kingdom
79662.pdf
(10.58 MB, 需要: 10 个论坛币)
10
[此贴子已经被作者于2007-1-13 23:01:31编辑过]
京公网安备 11010802022788号
