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Truth, errors, and lies politics and economics in a volatile world

Title
Truth, errors, and lies [electronic resource] : politics and economics in a volatile world / Grzegorz W. Kolodko ; translated from the Polish by William R. Brand.
Author
Kołodko, Grzegorz W.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors
Brand, William R.
Description
1 online resource (x, 460 p.)
Uniform Title
Wędrujący świat. English (Online)
Alternative Title
Wędrujący świat.
Subject
  • Economic geography
  • Economic development
  • Economic policy
  • Economic history
  • Economic forecasting
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
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  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
The world, words, and meaning: where truth, errors and lies in economics and politics come from and what to do to make truth come first -- How things happen : economic process - what science, policy, and happenstance have to do with them and who set it up this way -- A breif history of the world and what we can learn from it : why some countries are wealthy and others poor and whether it must always be so -- Globalization - and then what? Where globalization originated and how to come out ahead in the era of worldwide interdependence -- The world as it is : how people are coping in various corners of a changing world -- The withering of neoliberalism and its tattered legacy : why a harmful concept rose to temporary ascendancy in half the world and what to do about it -- What development is and what it depends on : where socioeconomic development comes from and how it can make us happy -- Stagnation and development - institutions, policy, and culture : on the rules of the economic game, deleterious and progressive policies, and the significance of culture in development -- The coincidence theory of development and the new pragmatism : what output growth and economic development depend on and how to make them better -- The uncertain future : what awaits us in the near and distant future and what say we have in it.
LCCN
2010033569
OCLC
ssj0000488081
Author
Kołodko, Grzegorz W.
Title
Truth, errors, and lies [electronic resource] : politics and economics in a volatile world / Grzegorz W. Kolodko ; translated from the Polish by William R. Brand.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, c2011.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
Added Author
Brand, William R.
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