Includes bibliographical references and (p. [336]-356) index.
Contents
Foreword / Jomo K.S. -- Acknowledgments -- List of figures -- Introduction -- Discovering types of economic theories -- The evolution of the two different approaches -- Emulation : how rich countries got rich -- Globalizations : the arguments in favour are also the arguments against -- Globalization and primitivization : how the poor get even poorer -- Explaining away failure : red herrings at the end of history -- Palliative economics : why the millennium goals are a bad idea -- 'Get the economic activities right', or, the Lost art of creating middle-income countries -- Appendices : David Ricardo's theory of comparative advantage in international trade -- Two different ways of understanding the economic world and the wealth and poverty of nations -- Frank Graham's theory of uneven development -- Two ideal types of protectionism compared -- Philipp von Hornigk's nine points on how to emulate the rich countries (1684) -- The quality index of economic activities -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
