Description: List of Tables List of Charts Preface Introduction Part One. The Demographic Transition 1. Two Centuries of Expansion in World Population 2. Population Dynamics among the Early-Comers to Industrialization I 3. Population Dynamics among the Late-Comers to Industrialization 4. The Contemporary Scene: A Preliminary View Part Two. Growth since the Eighteenth Century: Overall View 5. Industrial Growth and Its Diffusion 6. Growth and Structural Change 7. International Trade and Its Changing Distribution 8. Prices 9. Relative Prices and the Terms of Trade Part Three. Trend Periods 10. Balanced and Unbalanced Growth 11. 1790-1815 12. 1815-1848 13. 1848-1873 14. 1873-1920 15. 1920-1936 16. 1936-1951 17. 1951-1972 18. The Price Revolution of 1972-1976 19. Trend Periods Summarized Part Four. Business Cycles 20. Cycles: Another Result of Unbalanced Growth 21. Cycles in the Eighteenth Century: 1700-1783 22. Cycles in the Classic Era: 1783-1914 23. Interwar Cycles: 1919-1939 24. Cycles in Growth Rates: 1945-1973 25. Inflation: The Price of Full Employment 26. Stagflation: 1974-1976 Part Five. Stages of Economic Growth: Twenty Countries 27. Aggregate and Sectoral Analysis of Growth 28. Great Britain 29. The United States 30. France 31. Germany 32. Sweden 33. Japan 34. Russia-USSR 35. Italy 36. Canada 37. Australia 38. Argentina 39. Turkey 40. Brazil 41. Mexico 42. Iran 43. India 44. China 45. Taiwan 46. Thailand 47. South Korea 48. Four Conclusions Part Six. The Future of the World Economy 49. Are There Limits to Growth? 50. Population and Food 51. Energy 52. Raw Materials 53. Pollution and the Environment 54. Political Economy in the Fifth Kondratieff Upswing 55. Tasks of International Cooperation Appendix A. Index of World Industrial Production, 1700-1971 Appendix B. The Volume and Distribution of World Trade, 1720-1971 Appendix C. The Size of the United States Motor Vehicle Sectoral Complex, Early 1970's Appendix D. Sources for Charted Data, Part Five Notes Author Index Subject Index

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