Not only is this excellent collection of papers a fitting tribute
to Angus Maddison, it is also a great resource for thinking about
future patterns of global economic growth - both in the BRICS and
the OECD - based on key insights from historical experience.' -
Nicholas Crafts, University of Warwick, UK'Angus Maddison may no
longer be with us, but his spirit is very much alive. This
collection of essays - including one by Maddison himself - shows
how the methods he pioneered continue to shed new light on the
comparative performance of nations and inspire successive
generations of scholars.' - Barry Eichengreen, University of
California at Berkeley, US 'The distinguished editors, leading
authorities in the field of comparative quantitative economic
development, have gathered a stellar group of authors to address
arguably the most challenging question of our time: understanding
development dynamics over time and across countries. They are to be
congratulated for this comprehensive, stimulating and insightful
volume. It is a fitting tribute to the late Angus Maddison, an
intellectual giant in the study of long-term economic development,
to whom the book is dedicated.' - Hal Hill, Australian National
University World economic performance over the last 50 years has
been spectacular. The postwar period has witnessed impressive
growth rates in Western Europe and Japan, and in recent times China
and India. This new book discusses these issues and tackles topical
questions such as; what are the socio-economic and institutional
factors that have contributed to this impressive performance? Will
China and India continue to grow at the same rate over the next two
decades? What are the prospects for Japan, the US and other
advanced economies? The book brings together contributions by
eminent scholars including the late Angus Maddison, Professors
Justin Lin, Bob Gordon, Ross Garnaut, Bart van Ark and others to
provide answers to these fascinating questions. The chapters
analyse the economic performance of selected countries including
China, India, Japan, Indonesia and the US, as well as Western
Europe, Latin America and developing countries as a group. The time
period of the study is from 1850 to the present and includes
forecasts to 2030. This well-documented book will be of
considerable interest to development economists and country
specialists working on countries such as China and India, economic
historians who are interested in explaining the growth performance
of countries, economists and economic statisticians who are
interested in the measurement issues, and international
organizations such as the OECD, World Bank and the UN. General
readers and non-specialists who are interested in the world
economic performance will also find much to interest them in this
book. Contributors include: D. Blades, K. Fukao, R. Garnaut, R.J.
Gordon, A.A. Hofman, D. Lal, A. Maddison, S. Menshikov, M.
O'Mahony, D.S.P. Rao, O. Saito, A. Szirmai, M.P. Timmer, B. van
Ark, P. van der Eng, F. Villarreal, H.X. Wu, J. Yifu Lin
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