Macrofoundations Of Political Economy And Development: Survival Conditions Analysis Survival Conditions Analysis

This Book Focuses On The Macro Factors Behind Underdevelopment. The Author Builds Two Macro Foundations Which Lead To An Understanding Of The Economic Conditions A Society Must Satisfy In Order To Exist, Survive, And Develop. Social Subsistence Is Used As The Entry Point And Fundamental Principle, While Both Production And Distribution Survival Conditions Are Formulated. Demography Plays A Large Role In The Analysis. Economic History And The History Of Economic Thought Are Reinterpreted Through The Lens Of Macro Foundations. The Author Posits The Need For Lesser-developed Countries To Achieve Survival Conditions As The Fundamental Basis For Economic Progress. Modern Macrofoundation -- Classical Macrofoundation -- Aspects Of Development. David Goalstone. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [313]-317) And Index. This book focuses on macro factors in order to understand the problem of poor countries. The author builds two macrofoundational models in order to understand the economic conditions a society must satisfy in order to exist and survive. Social subsistence is used as the entry point and fundamental principle. While the focus is on survival at the bottom of society, the book is at the same time a highly original presentation of economic history in a world perspective, the history of economic theory and a reorientation of that science, using survival-conditions analyses as macrofoundations. The author posits the need for least-developed countries to achieve survival conditions as the fundamental basis for economic progress This book asks and answers the question: What are the economic conditions a society must satisfy in order to exist and survive? While focusing on macro factors to understand the problem of poor countries, the author also offers a highly original presentation of economic history in a world perspective, using survival-conditions analyses as macro foundations. This book posits the need for least-developed countries to achieve survival conditions as the fundamental basis for economic progress Asks and answers the question: What are the economic conditions a society must satisfy in order to exist and survive? Focusing on macro factors to understand the problem of poor countries, this book also offers a presentation of economic history in a world perspective, using survival-conditions analyses as macro foundations