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The moral consequences of economic growth / Benjamin M. Friedman.

By: Friedman, Benjamin M.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Knopf, 2005Edition: 1st ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: x, 570 p. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0679448918 (hc : alk. paper).Subject(s): Economic development -- Moral and ethical aspects | Income distribution | Political participation | DemocracyDDC classification: 174 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents
Contents:
I: Ideas, their origins, and their implications -- What growth is, what growth does -- Perspectives from the enlightenment and its roots -- Crosscurrents: the age of improvement and beyond -- Rising incomes, individual attitudes, and the politics of social change -- II: Democracy in America -- From Horatio Alger to William Jennings Bryan -- From TR to FDR -- Great depression, great exception -- America to the postwar era -- III: Other times, other places: the European democracies -- Britain -- France -- Germany -- IV: Development, equality, globalization, and the environment -- Economics and politics in the developing world -- Virtuous circles, vicious circles -- Growth and equality -- Growth and the environment -- V: Looking forward -- Economic policy and economic growth in America.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

I: Ideas, their origins, and their implications -- What growth is, what growth does -- Perspectives from the enlightenment and its roots -- Crosscurrents: the age of improvement and beyond -- Rising incomes, individual attitudes, and the politics of social change -- II: Democracy in America -- From Horatio Alger to William Jennings Bryan -- From TR to FDR -- Great depression, great exception -- America to the postwar era -- III: Other times, other places: the European democracies -- Britain -- France -- Germany -- IV: Development, equality, globalization, and the environment -- Economics and politics in the developing world -- Virtuous circles, vicious circles -- Growth and equality -- Growth and the environment -- V: Looking forward -- Economic policy and economic growth in America.

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