The Intellectual Origins of Modern Economic Growth

2005 ◽  
pp. 17-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joel Mokyr
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Modern Economic Growth ◽  
Intellectual Origins ◽  
Modern Economic

Economic Growth and Human Development since 1820

2018 ◽  
pp. 22-54
Author(s):  
Şevket Pamuk
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Physical Capital ◽  
Modern Economic Growth ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Modern Economic ◽  
Proximate Causes ◽  
The One

This chapter examines the trends in economic growth and human development in Turkey during the last two centuries. Economists have learned a great deal about modern economic growth since the end of World War II. The large and growing literature has emphasized that increases in productivity, achieved through technological progress on the one hand, and increases in per capita physical capital and education levels, on the other, were the most important factors contributing to economic growth. In addition, the labor force is much better educated than in 1820. In short, technological change and higher rates of investment in both physical and human capital are seen today as the leading proximate causes of economic growth since the Industrial Revolution.

Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
Paul Erdkamp ◽  
Koenraad Verboven ◽  
Arjan Zuiderhoek
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Structural Properties ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Capital Goods ◽  
Roman Economy ◽  
Roman World ◽  
Large Complex ◽  
Modern Economic Growth ◽  
Modern Economic

Investment in capital, both physical and financial, and innovation in its uses are often considered the linchpin of modern economic growth, while credit and credit markets now seem to determine the wealth—as well as the fate—of nations. Yet was it always thus? The Roman economy was large, complex, and sophisticated, but in terms of its structural properties, did it look anything like the economies we know today? Through consideration of the allocation and uses of capital and credit and the role of innovation in the Roman world, this volume explores how capital in its various forms was generated, allocated, and employed in the Roman economy; whether the Romans had markets for capital goods and credit; and whether investment in capital led to innovation and productivity growth.

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