Pillars of prosperity

the political economics of development clusters

"Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." So wrote Adam Smith a ...

Pillars of prosperity

the political economics of development clusters

"Little else is required to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things." So wrote Adam Smith a ...

The economic effects of Constitutions

Nobel lectures in economic science, 1996-2000

including presentation speeches and laureates biographies

This volume is a collection of the Nobel lectures delivered by the prizewinners in the economic sciences, together with their biographies, portraits and the presentation speeches at the award ceremonies for the period 1996-2000. Each Nobel lecture is based on the work for which the ...

The economic effects of constitutions

The authors of The Economic Effects of Constitutions use econometric tools to study what they call the "missing link" between constitutional systems and economic policy; the book is an uncompromisingly empirical sequel to their previous theoretical analysis of economic policy. Taking recent theoretical work as ...

Political economics

explaning economic policy

Economic Sciences 1991-1995.