Barriers to riches /

Why isn't the whole world as rich as the United States? Conventional views holds that differences in the share of output invested by countries account for this disparity. Not so, say Stephen Parente and Edward Prescott. In Barriers to Riches, Parente and Prescott argue that differences in Total...

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Main Author: Parente, Stephen L.
Other Authors: Prescott, Edward C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. ; London : Mit, 2002, ©2000.
Edition:1st MIT Press ed.
Series:The Walras-Pareto lectures ; 3
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