2nd Edition
Looking into the Seeds of Time The Price of Modern Development
By Y. S. Brenner
Copyright 1997
443 Pages
by
Routledge
504 Pages
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Routledge
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This stunning, refreshing work combines the history of economics and the practice of modern development. It is predicated on Brenner's view that there is no individual freedom without economic security, and that such security depends upon progress in both the natural and social sciences. Social institutions determine the pace and direction of technological advancement and scientific and... Read more
Introduction to the 1979 Edition: General Outline and Scope of Book 1. The Beginnings of Economic Development 2. ‘Production’ Stimulated Growth - the Role of Exports in the Development of Britain and Japan, with a Discussion of the Growth Delaying Factors in Continental Europe 3. ‘Demand’ Stimulated Growth - the Role of the Domestic Market in the Development of the U.S.A., 4. The Socio-cultural Landscape: Europe on the Eve of the Reformation 5. The World Begins to Move: Reformation to the Age of Reason 6. The World in Motion: The Struggle between the Medieval and the Bourgeois Value Systems .7. The Ascent of the Bourgeoisie and the Rise of Utilitarianism 8. Dynamic Equilibrium: The Era of Bourgeois Consolidation 9. The Rise of Egalitarian Society 10. The Great Era of Prosperity 11. Towards the Future
Biography
Y. S. Brenner
