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Program focuses on the globalization of the world economy, as a result of the inter-connectedness of the world, post-World War II.

Visit any developing country and you will find governments, international donors, NGOs, and corporations involved in a range of innovative activities to address the needs of the poor. Only a fraction of those that show promise at a localized level, however, will ever be replicated, expanded, and sustained to achieve a transformative impact. Learning how to expand the reach of proven interventions so that they help larger numbers of poor people - 'scaling...

A finance journalist reveals the deep layers of trust involved in even the simplest of transactions, and how integrity is our most valuable economic asset.

"Papers ... of a seminar held at Dartmouth College in July and August of 1956." Includes bibliographical references. Mercantilist and physiocratic growth theory, by J.J. Spengler.--Adam Smith and David Ricardo on economic growth, by J.M. Letiche.--The theory of economic growth in the English classical school, by E. McKinley.--John Stuart Mill on economic development, by J.J. Spengler.--Toward a theory of economic growth: the neoclassical contribution,...

This episode of The Green Interview features Anders Hayden, author of Sharing the Work Sparing the Planet and more recently, When Green Growth is Not Enough: Climate Change, Ecological Modernization, and Sufficiency. A leading proponent of new work schedules, Hayden argues that working people have historically pushed for reduced hours since the start of the industrial revolution to create more jobs and to "live dignified and healthy lives," but that...

"Disparities between the economic development of nations have widened throughout the twentieth century, and they show no sign of closing. In the nineteenth century, the economic potential of developed countries was three times that of the rest of the world. Today the gap is twenty times greater, and the trend is increasing. In this provocative reexamination of theories of accelerated development, or "catching up." Vladislav Inozemtsev traces the evolution...

Across the world, millions remain trapped in debilitating poverty, while international aid and development projects have seemingly done little to close the gap between developed and developing nations. Why have some countries grown so rich while others remain so poor? And, how can we account for the persistence of global poverty? In The End of Development, Andrew Brooks answers these questions with a provocative argument that inequality is rooted...