1st Edition

Six Lectures on Economic Growth

By Simon Kuznets Copyright 1959
    124 Pages
    by Routledge

    124 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1959, this book contains in straightforward language a general account of the major variables significant for the analysis of economic development. It stresses above all the quantitative aspects of the economic growth of nations, and establishes a series of propositions on growth patterns based on empirical data from the USA & Canada, Europe, Latin America, South Africa and Australasia. In arriving at his conclusions, the author makes use of national income and its components in emerging and developed economies.

    1. The Meaning and Measurement of Economic Growth 2. The Necessary Condition 3. Findings on Industrial Structure of Labor Force and National Product 4. Capital Formation Proportions – A Cross-Section View 5. The Problem of Size 6. The Tasks of Theory

    Biography

    Simon Kuznets