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History Matters
Timothy Guinnane
其他書名
Essays on Economic Growth, Technology, and Demographic Change
出版
Stanford University Press
, 2003-10-31
主題
Business & Economics / Industries / Computers & Information Technology
Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
Business & Economics / Economics / General
History / General
ISBN
0804766932
9780804766937
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2dfO3VmwoEEC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Combining theoretical work with careful historical description and analysis of new data sources,
History Matters
makes a strong case for a more historical approach to economics, both by argument and by example. Seventeen original essays, written by distinguished economists and economic historians, use economic theory and historical cases to explore how and why "history matters."
The chapters, which range in subject matter from the economic theory of irreversible investment to the nineteenth-century decline in U.S. rural fertility to the English poor law reform, are unified by three themes. The first explores the significance, causes, and consequences of path dependence in the evolution of technology and institutions. The second relates to the ways in which economic and political behavior are profoundly shaped and constrained by the cultural and political context inherited from history at a particular point in time. The final theme demonstrates the importance of integrating economic theory into historical research in the gathering and interpretation of data.