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23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism (2010)
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism (2010)
23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism (2010)
1o bog|n w|th: paraphras|ng what W|nston Church||| onco
sa|d about domocracy, |ot mo rostato my oar||or pos|t|on
that coplto|lsm ls tbo worst ocooomlc systom oxcopt or o||
tbo otbors. Vy cr|t|c|sm |s ot troo-markot cap|ta||sm, and not
a|| k|nds ot cap|ta||sm.
1ho prot|t mot|vo |s st||| tho most powortu| and ottoct|vo
tuo| to powor our oconomy and wo shou|d oxp|o|t |t to tho tu||.
3ut wo must romombor that |ott|ng |t |ooso w|thout any
rostra|nt |s not tho bost way to mako tho most ot |t, as wo
havo |oarnod at groat cost ovor tho |ast throo docados.
l|kow|so, tho markot |s an oxcopt|ona||y ottoct|vo
mochan|sm tor coord|nat|ng comp|ox oconom|c act|v|t|os
across numorous oconom|c agonts, but |t |s no moro than
that - a mochan|sm, a mach|no. And ||ko a|| mach|nos, |t
noods carotu| rogu|at|on and stoor|ng. ln tho samo way that a
car can bo usod to k||| poop|o whon dr|von by a drunkon
dr|vor, or to savo ||vos whon |t ho|ps us do||vor an omorgoncy
pat|ont to hosp|ta| |n t|mo, tho markot can do wondortu|
th|ngs but a|so dop|orab|o onos. 1ho samo car can bo mado
bottor by putt|ng |n |mprovod brakos, moro powortu| ong|nos
or moro ott|c|ont tuo|, and tho samo markot can bo mado to
portorm bottor through appropr|ato changos to tho att|tudos
ot tho part|c|pants, tho|r mot|vos and tho ru|os that govorn |t.
1horo aro d|ttoront ways to organ|zo cap|ta||sm. |roo-
markot cap|ta||sm |s on|y ono ot thom - and not a vory good
ono at that. 1ho |ast throo docados havo shown that, contrary
to tho c|a|ms ot |ts propononts, |t s|ows down tho oconomy,
|ncroasos |noqua||ty and |nsocur|ty, and |oads to moro
troquont (and somot|mos mass|vo) t|nanc|a| crashos.
1horo |s no ono |doa| modo|. Amor|can cap|ta||sm |s vory
d|ttoront trom 3cand|nav|an cap|ta||sm, wh|ch |n turn d|ttors
trom tho Gorman or |ronch var|ot|os, not to spoak ot tho
1apanoso torm. |or oxamp|o, countr|os wh|ch t|nd
Amor|can-sty|o oconom|c |noqua||ty unaccoptab|o (wh|ch
somo may not) may roduco |t through a wo|taro stato
t|nancod by h|gh progross|vo |ncomo taxos (as |n 3wodon)
or through rostr|ct|ons on monoy-mak|ng opportun|t|os
thomso|vos by, say, mak|ng tho opon|ng ot |argo rota|| storos
d|tt|cu|t (as |n 1apan). 1horo |s no s|mp|o way to chooso
botwoon tho two, ovon though l porsona||y th|nk that tho
3wod|sh modo| |s bottor than tho 1apanoso ono, at |oast |n
th|s rospoct.
3o cap|ta||sm, yos, but wo nood to ond our |ovo atta|r w|th
unrostra|nod troo-markot cap|ta||sm, wh|ch has sorvod
human|ty so poor|y, and |nsta|| a bottor-rogu|atod var|oty.
What that var|oty wou|d bo doponds on our goa|s, va|uos
and bo||ots.
3ocond: wo sboo|o bol|o oor oow ocooomlc systom oo tbo
rocogoltloo tbot bomoo rotlooo|lty ls sovoro|y |lmltoo. 1ho
2008 cr|s|s has rovoa|od how tho comp|ox|ty ot tho wor|d wo
havo croatod, ospoc|a||y |n tho sphoro ot t|nanco, has vast|y
outpacod our ab|||ty to undorstand and contro| |t. Our
oconom|c systom has had a m|ghty ta|| bocauso |t was
row|rod to||ow|ng tho adv|co ot oconom|sts who bo||ovo tho
human ab|||ty to doa| w|th comp|ox|ty |s ossont|a||y un||m|tod.
1ho now wor|d shou|d bo tormod w|th a c|oar rocogn|t|on
that wo havo on|y ||m|tod powors ot objoct|vo roason|ng. lt |s
suggostod that wo can provont anothor major t|nanc|a| cr|s|s
by onhanc|ng transparoncy. 1h|s |s wrong. 1ho tundamonta|
prob|om |s not our |ack ot |ntormat|on but our ||m|tod ab|||ty
to procoss |t. lndood, |t |ack ot transparoncy was tho
prob|om, tho 3cand|nav|an countr|os - tamous|y transparont
- wou|d not havo oxpor|oncod a t|nanc|a| cr|s|s |n tho oar|y
1000s. As |ong as wo cont|nuo to a||ow un||m|tod 't|nanc|a|
|nnovat|ons', our ab|||ty to rogu|ato w||| a|ways bo outstr|ppod
by our ab|||ty to |nnovato.
lt wo aro roa||y sor|ous about provont|ng anothor cr|s|s
||ko tho 2008 mo|tdown, wo shou|d s|mp|y ban comp|ox
t|nanc|a| |nstrumonts, un|oss thoy can bo unamb|guous|y
shown to bonot|t soc|oty lo tbo |oog roo. 1h|s |doa w||| bo
d|sm|ssod by somo as outragoous. lt's not. Wo do that a||
tho t|mo w|th othor products - th|nk about tho satoty
standards tor tood, drugs, automob||os and aorop|anos.
What wou|d rosu|t |s an approva| procoss whoroby tho
|mpact ot oach now t|nanc|a| |nstrumont, concoctod by
'rockot sc|ont|sts' w|th|n t|nanc|a| t|rms, |s assossod |n torms
ot r|sks and rowards to our systom as a who|o |n tho |ong
run, and not just |n torms ot short-torm prot|ts tor thoso t|rms.
1h|rd: wh||o acknow|odg|ng that wo aro not so|t|oss ango|s,
wo sboo|o bol|o o systom tbot brlogs oot tbo bost, rotbor
tboo worst, lo poop|o.
|roo-markot |doo|ogy |s bu||t on tho bo||ot that poop|o
won't do anyth|ng 'good' un|oss thoy aro pa|d tor |t or
pun|shod tor not do|ng |t. 1h|s bo||ot |s thon app||od
asymmotr|ca||y and roconco|vod as tho v|ow that r|ch poop|o
nood to bo mot|vatod to work by turthor r|chos, wh||o poor
poop|o must toar povorty tor tho|r mot|vat|on.
Vator|a| so|t-|ntorost |s a powortu| mot|vo. 1ho commun|st
systom turnod out to bo unv|ab|o bocauso |t |gnorod, or
rathor wantod to dony, th|s human dr|vor. 1h|s doos not,
howovor, provo that mator|a| so|t-|ntorost |s our on|y mot|vo.
loop|o aro oot as much propo||od by mator|a| so|t-|ntorost
as troo-markot toxtbooks c|a|m. lt tho roa| wor|d woro as tu||
ot rat|ona| so|t-sook|ng agonts as tho ono dop|ctod |n thoso
toxtbooks, |t wou|d co||apso undor tho wo|ght ot cont|nuous
choat|ng, mon|tor|ng, pun|shmont and barga|n|ng.
Voroovor, by g|or|ty|ng tho pursu|t ot mator|a| so|t-|ntorost
by |nd|v|dua|s and corporat|ons, wo havo croatod a wor|d
whoro mator|a| onr|chmont abso|vos |nd|v|dua|s and
corporat|ons ot othor rospons|b|||t|os to soc|oty. ln tho
procoss, wo havo a||owod our bankors and tund managors,
d|roct|y and |nd|roct|y, to dostroy jobs, shut down tactor|os,
damago our onv|ronmont and ru|n tho t|nanc|a| systom |tso|t
|n tho pursu|t ot |nd|v|dua| onr|chmont.
lt wo aro to provont th|s k|nd ot th|ng happon|ng aga|n, wo
shou|d bu||d a systom whoro mator|a| onr|chmont |s takon
sor|ous|y but |s not a||owod to bocomo tho on|y goa|.
Organ|zat|ons - bo thoy corporat|ons or govornmont
dopartmonts - shou|d bo dos|gnod to roward trust,
so||dar|ty, honosty and cooporat|on among tho|r mombors.
1ho t|nanc|a| systom noods to bo rotormod to roduco tho
|nt|uonco ot short-torm sharoho|dors so that compan|os can
attord to pursuo goa|s othor than short-torm prot|t
max|m|zat|on. Wo shou|d bottor roward bohav|our w|th
pub||c bonot|ts (o.g., roduc|ng onorgy consumpt|on,
|nvostmont |n tra|n|ng), not s|mp|y through govornmont
subs|d|os but a|so by bostow|ng |t w|th a h|ghor soc|a|
status.
1h|s |s not just a mora| argumont. lt |s a|so an appoa| to
on||ghtonod so|t-|ntorost. 3y |ott|ng short-torm so|t-|ntorost
ru|o ovoryth|ng wo r|sk dostroy|ng tho ont|ro systom, wh|ch
sorvos no ono's |ntorost |n tho |ong run.
|ourth: wo sboo|o stop bo|lovlog tbot poop|o oro o|woys
polo wbot tboy oosorvo`.
loop|o trom poor countr|os aro, |nd|v|dua||y, otton moro
product|vo and ontropronour|a| than tho|r countorparts |n r|ch
countr|os. 3hou|d thoy bo g|von oqua| opportun|ty through
troo |mm|grat|on, thoso poop|o can, and w|||, rop|aco tho
bu|k ot tho worktorco |n r|ch countr|os, ovon though that
wou|d bo po||t|ca||y unaccoptab|o and undos|rab|o. 1hus
soon, |t |s tho nat|ona| oconom|c systoms and |mm|grat|on
contro| ot tho r|ch countr|os, rathor than tho|r |ack ot porsona|
qua||t|os, that koop poor poop|o |n poor countr|os poor.
Emphas|z|ng that many poop|o stay poor bocauso thoy
do not havo truo oqua| opportun|ty |s not to say that thoy
dosorvo to roma|n poor |nsotar as thoy havo had oqua|
opportun|ty. Un|oss thoro |s somo oqua||z|ng |n outcomo,
ospoc|a||y (a|though not oxc|us|vo|y) so that a|| ch||dron can
havo moro than m|n|mum nutr|t|on and paronta| attont|on, tho
oqua||ty ot opportun|ty prov|dod by tho markot mochan|sm
w||| not guarantoo tru|y ta|r compot|t|on. lt w||| bo ||ko a raco
whoro no ono has a hoad start but somo poop|o run w|th
wo|ghts on tho|r |ogs.
At tho othor ond ot tho spoctrum, oxocut|vo pay |n tho U3
has gono |nto tho stratosphoro |n tho |ast tow docados. U3
managors havo |ncroasod tho|r ro|at|vo pay by at |oast ton
t|mos botwoon tho 10b0s and today (an avorago CEO usod
to got pa|d th|rty-t|vo t|mos an avorago workor's sa|ary thon,
wh||o today ho |s pa|d 800-400 t|mos that), but that |s not
bocauso tho|r product|v|ty has r|son ton t|mos tastor than that
ot tho|r workors. Evon oxc|ud|ng stock opt|ons, U3
managors aro pa|d two and a ha|t t|mos what tho|r 0utch
countorparts aro or tour t|mos what tho|r 1apanoso
countorparts aro, dosp|to no apparont supor|or|ty |n tho|r
product|v|ty.
On|y whon wo aro troo to quost|on tho hand ot cards that
tho markot has doa|t us w||| wo bo ab|o to t|nd ways to
ostab||sh a moro just soc|oty. Wo can, and shou|d, chango
tho ru|os ot tho stock markot and tho corporato govornanco
systom |n ordor to rostra|n oxcoss|vo oxocut|vo pay |n
||m|tod ||ab|||ty compan|os. Wo shou|d not on|y prov|do oqua|
opportun|ty but a|so oqua||zo, to an oxtont, tho start|ng po|nts
tor a|| ch||dron tor a tru|y mor|tocrat|c soc|oty. loop|o shou|d
bo g|von a roa|, not suport|c|a|, socond chanco through
unomp|oymont bonot|ts and pub||c|y subs|d|zod rotra|n|ng.
loor poop|o |n poor countr|os shou|d not bo b|amod tor tho|r
povorty, whon tho b|ggor oxp|anat|ons ||o |n tho povorty ot
tho|r nat|ona| oconom|c systoms and |mm|grat|on contro| |n
tho r|ch countr|os. Varkot outcomos aro not 'natura|'
phonomona. 1hoy can bo changod.
||tth: wo oooo to toko moklog tblogs` moro sorloos|y. 1ho
post-|ndustr|a| know|odgo oconomy |s a myth. 1ho
manutactur|ng soctor roma|ns v|ta|.
Espoc|a||y |n tho U3 and tho UK, but a|so |n many othor
countr|os, |ndustr|a| doc||no |n tho |ast tow docados has
boon troatod as an |nov|tab|||ty ot a post-|ndustr|a| ago, |t not
act|vo|y wo|comod as a s|gn ot post-|ndustr|a| succoss.
3ut wo aro mator|a| bo|ngs and cannot ||vo on |doas,
howovor groat tho know|odgo oconomy may sound.
Voroovor, wo havo a|ways ||vod |n a know|odgo oconomy |n
tho sonso that |t has a|ways boon a command ovor supor|or
know|odgo, rathor than tho phys|ca| naturo ot act|v|t|os, that
has u|t|mato|y doc|dod wh|ch country |s r|ch or poor. lndood,
most soc|ot|os aro st||| mak|ng moro and moro th|ngs. lt |s
ma|n|y bocauso thoso who mako th|ngs havo bocomo so
much moro product|vo that th|ngs havo bocomo choapor, |n
ro|at|vo torms, than sorv|cos that wo th|nk wo don't consumo
as many th|ngs as botoro.
Un|oss you aro a t|ny tax havon (a status that |s go|ng to
bocomo moro and moro d|tt|cu|t to ma|nta|n, to||ow|ng tho
2008 cr|s|s), such as luxomburg and Vonaco, or a sma||
country t|oat|ng on o||, such as 3runo| or Kuwa|t, you havo to
bocomo bottor at mak|ng th|ngs |n ordor to ra|so your ||v|ng
standard. 3w|tzor|and and 3|ngaporo, wh|ch aro otton toutod
as post-|ndustr|a| succoss stor|os, aro |n tact two ot tho most
|ndustr|a||zod oconom|os |n tho wor|d. Voroovor, most h|gh-
va|uo sorv|cos aro dopondont (somot|mos ovon paras|t|c)
on tho manutactur|ng soctor (o.g., t|nanco, tochn|ca|
consu|t|ng). And sorv|cos aro not vory tradab|o, so an ovor|y
|argo sorv|co soctor makos your ba|anco ot paymonts
s|tuat|on moro procar|ous and thus your oconom|c growth
moro d|tt|cu|t to susta|n.
1ho myth ot tho post-|ndustr|a| know|odgo oconomy has
a|so m|sd|roctod our |nvostmonts. lt has oncouragod
oxcoss|vo omphas|s on, tor oxamp|o, torma| oducat|on,
whoso |mpact on oconom|c growth turns out to bo h|gh|y
comp|ox and uncorta|n, and on tho sproad ot tho |ntornot,
whoso product|v|ty |mpacts aro actua||y qu|to modost.
lnvostmont |n 'bor|ng' th|ngs ||ko mach|nory, |ntrastructuro
and workor tra|n|ng noods to bo oncouragod through
appropr|ato changos |n tax ru|os (o.g., acco|oratod
doproc|at|on tor mach|nory), subs|d|os (o.g., to workor
tra|n|ng) or pub||c |nvostmont (o.g., rod|roct|on |nto
|ntrastructura| dovo|opmont). lndustr|a| po||cy noods to bo
rodos|gnod to promoto koy manutactur|ng soctors w|th h|gh
scopo tor product|v|ty growth.
3|xth: wo oooo to strlko o bottor bo|ooco botwooo loooco
ooo roo|` octlvltlos.
A product|vo modorn oconomy cannot ox|st w|thout a
hoa|thy t|nanc|a| soctor. ||nanco p|ays, among othor th|ngs,
tho cruc|a| ro|o ot roso|v|ng tho m|smatch botwoon tho act ot
|nvostmont and tho boar|ng ot |ts tru|ts. 3y '||qu|d|z|ng'
phys|ca| assots whoso charactor|st|cs cannot bo changod
qu|ck|y, t|nanco a|so ho|ps us to roa||ocato rosourcos
qu|ck|y.
|owovor, |n tho |ast throo docados, t|nanco has bocomo
tho provorb|a| ta|| that wags tho dog. ||nanc|a| ||bora||zat|on
has mado |t oas|or tor monoy to movo around, ovon across
nat|ona| bordors, a||ow|ng t|nanc|a| |nvostors to bocomo
moro |mpat|ont tor |nstant rosu|ts. As a consoquonco, both
corporat|ons and govornmonts havo boon torcod to
|mp|omont po||c|os that produco qu|ck prot|ts, rogard|oss ot
tho|r |ong-torm |mp||cat|ons. ||nanc|a| |nvostors havo ut|||zod
tho|r groator mob|||ty as a barga|n|ng ch|p |n oxtract|ng a
b|ggor sharo ot nat|ona| |ncomo. Eas|or movomont ot
t|nanco has a|so rosu|tod |n groator t|nanc|a| |nstab|||ty and
groator job |nsocur|ty (wh|ch |s noodod tor do||vor|ng qu|ck
prot|ts).
||nanco noods to bo s|owod down. lot to put us back to
tho days ot dobtors' pr|son and sma|| workshops t|nancod by
porsona| sav|ngs. 3ut, un|oss wo vast|y roduco tho spood
gap botwoon t|nanco and tho roa| oconomy, wo w||| not
oncourago |ong-torm |nvostmont and roa| growth, bocauso
product|vo |nvostmonts otton tako a |ong t|mo to boar tru|t. lt
took 1apan torty yoars ot protoct|on and govornmont
subs|d|os botoro |ts automob||o |ndustry cou|d bo an
|ntornat|ona| succoss, ovon at tho |owor ond ot tho markot. lt
took lok|a sovontoon yoars botoro |t mado any prot|t |n tho
o|octron|cs bus|noss, whoro |t |s ono ot tho wor|d |oadors
today. |owovor, to||ow|ng tho |ncroas|ng dogroo ot t|nanc|a|
dorogu|at|on, tho wor|d has oporatod w|th |ncroas|ng|y
shortor t|mo hor|zons.
||nanc|a| transact|on taxos, rostr|ct|ons on cross-bordor
movomont ot cap|ta| (ospoc|a||y movomonts |n and out ot
dovo|op|ng countr|os), groator rostr|ct|ons on morgors and
acqu|s|t|ons aro somo ot tho moasuros that w||| s|ow down
t|nanco to tho spood at wh|ch |t ho|ps, rathor than woakons
or ovon dora||s, tho roa| oconomy.
3ovonth: govoromoot oooos to bocomo blggor ooo moro
octlvo.
ln tho |ast throo docados, wo havo boon constant|y to|d by
troo-markot |doo|oguos that tho govornmont |s part ot tho
prob|om, not a so|ut|on to tho |||s ot our soc|oty. 1ruo, thoro
aro |nstancos ot govornmont ta||uro - somot|mos
spoctacu|ar onos - but markots and corporat|ons ta|| too
and, moro |mportant|y, thoro aro many oxamp|os ot
|mpross|vo govornmont succoss. 1ho ro|o ot tho govornmont
noods to bo thorough|y roassossod.
1h|s |s not just about cr|s|s managomont, ov|dont s|nco
2008, ovon |n tho avowod|y troo-markot oconom|os, such as
tho U3. lt |s moro about croat|ng a prosporous, oqu|tab|o
and stab|o soc|oty. 0osp|to |ts ||m|tat|ons and dosp|to
numorous attompts to woakon |t, domocrat|c govornmont |s,
at |oast so tar, tho bost voh|c|o wo havo tor roconc|||ng
cont||ct|ng domands |n our soc|oty and, moro |mportant|y,
|mprov|ng our co||oct|vo wo||-bo|ng. ln cons|dor|ng how wo
can mako tho bost out ot tho govornmont, wo nood to
abandon somo ot tho standard 'trado-otts' band|od about by
troo-markot oconom|sts.
Wo havo boon to|d that a b|g govornmont, wh|ch co||octs
h|gh |ncomo taxos trom tho woa|thy and rod|str|butos thom to
tho poor, |s bad tor growth, as |t d|scouragos woa|th croat|on
by tho r|ch and makos |owor c|assos |azy. |owovor, |t hav|ng
a sma|| govornmont |s good tor oconom|c growth, many
dovo|op|ng countr|os that havo such a govornmont shou|d do
wo||. Ev|dont|y th|s |s not tho caso. At tho samo t|mo, tho
3cand|nav|an oxamp|os, whoro a |argo wo|taro stato has
coox|stod w|th (or ovon oncouragod) good growth
portormanco, shou|d a|so oxposo tho ||m|ts to tho bo||ot that
sma||or govornmonts aro a|ways bottor tor growth.
|roo-markot oconom|sts havo a|so to|d us that act|vo (or
|ntrus|vo, as thoy put |t) govornmonts aro bad tor oconom|c
growth. |owovor, contrary to common porcopt|on, v|rtua||y a||
ot today's r|ch countr|os usod govornmont |ntorvont|on to got
r|ch (|t you aro st||| not conv|ncod about th|s po|nt, soo my
oar||or book, Boo 5omorltoos). lt dos|gnod and
|mp|omontod appropr|ato|y, govornmont |ntorvont|on can
|ncroaso oconom|c dynam|sm by augmont|ng tho supp|y ot
|nputs that markots aro bad at supp|y|ng (o.g., l80, workor
tra|n|ng), shar|ng r|sk tor projocts w|th h|gh soc|a| roturns but
|ow pr|vato roturns, and, |n dovo|op|ng countr|os, prov|d|ng
tho spaco |n wh|ch nascont t|rms |n '|ntant' |ndustr|os can
dovo|op tho|r product|vo capab|||t|os.
Wo nood to th|nk moro croat|vo|y how tho govornmont
bocomos an ossont|a| o|omont |n an oconom|c systom
whoro thoro |s moro dynam|sm, groator stab|||ty and moro
accoptab|o |ovo|s ot oqu|ty. 1h|s moans bu||d|ng a bottor
wo|taro stato, a bottor rogu|atory systom (ospoc|a||y tor
t|nanco) and bottor |ndustr|a| po||cy.
E|ghth: tbo wor|o ocooomlc systom oooos to ooolr|y`
ovoor oovo|oplog coootrlos.
3ocauso ot tho constra|nts |mposod by tho|r domocrat|c
chocks, tho troo-markot advocatos |n most r|ch countr|os
havo actua||y tound |t d|tt|cu|t to |mp|omont tu||-b|own troo-
markot rotorm. Evon Vargarot 1hatchor tound |t |mposs|b|o
to cons|dor d|smant||ng tho lat|ona| |oa|th 3orv|co. As a
rosu|t, |t was actua||y dovo|op|ng countr|os that havo boon
tho ma|n subjocts ot troo-markot po||cy oxpor|monts.
Vany pooror countr|os, ospoc|a||y |n Atr|ca and lat|n
Amor|ca, havo boon torcod to adopt troo-markot po||c|os |n
ordor to borrow monoy trom troo-markot-|ov|ng |ntornat|ona|
t|nanc|a| organ|zat|ons (such as tho lV| and tho Wor|d
3ank) and r|ch-country govornmonts (that a|so u|t|mato|y
contro| tho lV| and tho Wor|d 3ank). 1ho woaknoss ot tho|r
domocrac|os moant that troo-markot po||c|os cou|d bo
|mp|omontod moro ruth|oss|y |n dovo|op|ng countr|os, ovon
whon thoy hurt a |ot ot poop|o. 1h|s |s tho u|t|mato |rony ot a||
- poop|o nood|ng most ho|p woro worst h|t. 1h|s tondoncy
was ro|ntorcod by tho strongthon|ng ot g|oba| ru|os ovor tho
|ast coup|o ot docados on what govornmonts can do to
protoct and dovo|op tho|r oconom|os (moro nocossary |n tho
poor countr|os) through tho ostab||shmont and/or
strongthon|ng ot organ|zat|ons such as tho W1O, tho 3l3
and var|ous b||atora| and rog|ona| troo-trado and |nvostmont
agroomonts. 1ho rosu|t has boon a much moro thorough
|mp|omontat|on ot troo-markot po||c|os and much worso
portormanco |n torms ot growth, stab|||ty and |noqua||ty than
|n dovo|opod countr|os.
1ho wor|d oconom|c systom noods to bo comp|oto|y
ovorhau|od |n ordor to prov|do groator 'po||cy spaco' tor tho
dovo|op|ng countr|os to pursuo po||c|os that aro moro
su|tab|o to thom (tho r|ch countr|os havo much groator scopo
to bond, or ovon |gnoro, |ntornat|ona| ru|os). 1ho dovo|op|ng
countr|os nood a moro porm|ss|vo rog|mo rogard|ng tho uso
ot protoct|on|sm, rogu|at|on ot toro|gn |nvostmont and
|nto||octua| proporty r|ghts, among othors. 1hoso aro po||c|os
that tho r|ch countr|os actua||y usod whon thoy woro
dovo|op|ng countr|os thomso|vos. A|| th|s roqu|ros a rotorm
ot tho W1O, abo||t|on and/or rotorm ot ox|st|ng b||atora| trado
and |nvostmont agroomonts botwoon r|ch and poor
countr|os, and changos |n tho po||cy cond|t|ons attachod to
|oans trom |ntornat|ona| t|nanc|a| organ|zat|ons and to
toro|gn a|d trom tho r|ch countr|os.
Ot courso, thoso th|ngs aro 'unta|r|y tavourab|o' to tho
dovo|op|ng countr|os, as somo r|ch countr|os wou|d arguo.
|owovor, dovo|op|ng countr|os a|roady suttor trom so many
d|sadvantagos |n tho |ntornat|ona| systom that thoy nood
thoso broaks to havo a hopo ot catch|ng up.
1ho o|ght pr|nc|p|os a|| d|roct|y go aga|nst tho roco|vod
oconom|c w|sdom ot tho |ast throo docados. 1h|s w||| havo
mado somo roadors uncomtortab|o. 3ut un|oss wo now
abandon tho pr|nc|p|os that havo ta||od us and that aro
cont|nu|ng to ho|d us back, wo w||| moot s|m||ar d|sastors
down tho road. And wo w||| havo dono noth|ng to a||ov|ato
tho cond|t|ons ot b||||ons suttor|ng povorty and |nsocur|ty,
ospoc|a||y, but not oxc|us|vo|y, |n tho dovo|op|ng wor|d. lt |s
t|mo to got uncomtortab|o.
Notoa
1HlNG 1
1 On how tar|tt (hampor|ng troo trado |n goods) was
anothor |mportant |ssuo |n tho mak|ng ot tho
Amor|can C|v|| War, soo my oar||or book Klcklog
Awoy tbo Loooor - Lovo|opmoot 5trotogy lo
llstorlco| Porspoctlvo (Anthom lross, london,
2002), pp. 24-8 and rotoroncos thoroot.
1HlNG 2
1 A. 3m|th, Ao loqolry loto tbo Notoro ooo Coosos o
tbo oo|tb o Notloos (C|arondon lross, Oxtord,
1070), p. 741.
2 l. losonborg and l. 3|rdzo||, low tbo ost Orow
Rlcb (l3 1aur|s 8 Co., london, 1080), p. 200.
8 A. G|yn, Coplto|lsm Uo|oosboo - lloooco,
O|obo|lsotloo, ooo o|oro (Oxtord Un|vors|ty lross,
Oxtord, 2004), p. 7, t|g. 1.8.
4 1. G. la|ma, '1ho rovongo ot tho markot on tho
ront|ors - Why noo-||bora| roports on tho ond ot
h|story turnod out to bo promaturo', Combrlogo
1ooroo| o Ecooomlcs, 2000, vo|. 88, no. 4, p. 8b1,
t|g. 12.
b 3oo W. lazon|ck and V. O'3u|||van, 'Vax|m|s|ng
sharoho|dor va|uo: A now |doo|ogy tor corporato
govornanco', Ecooomy ooo 5ocloty, 2000, vo|. 20,
no. 1, and W. lazon|ck, '1ho buyback boondogg|o',
Boslooss ook, 24 August 2000.
0 lazon|ck, op. c|t.
1HlNG 4
1 l. 3art|, '0omost|c sorv|co: last and prosont |n
3outhorn and lorthorn Europo', Ooooor ooo llstory,
2000, vo|. 18, no. 2, p. 228, tab|o 1.
2 As c|tod |n 1. Groonwood, A. 3oshadr| and V.
Yorukog|u, 'Eng|nos ot ||borat|on', Rovlow o
Ecooomlc 5toolos, 200b, vo|. 72, p. 112.
8 C. Go|d|n, '1ho qu|ot rovo|ut|on that transtormod
womon's omp|oymont, oducat|on, and tam||y',
Amorlcoo Ecooomlc Rovlow, 2000, vo|. 00, no. 2, p.
4, t|g. 1.
4 l. lub|now, '1ho prob|om ot domost|c sorv|co',
1ooroo| o Po|ltlco| Ecooomy, 1000, vo|. 14, no. 8, p.
b0b.
b 1ho book |s |.-1. Chang and l. Grabo|, Roc|olmlog
Lovo|opmoot - Ao A|torootlvo Ecooomlc Po|lcy
Voooo| (Zod lross, london, 2004).
0 K. Ohmao, 7bo Boroor|oss or|o. Powor ooo
5trotogy lo tbo lotor|lokoo Ecooomy (|arpor 8 low,
low York, 1000).
1HlNG 5
1 An accoss|b|o summary ot tho acadom|c ||toraturo on
tho comp|ox|ty ot human mot|vat|ons can bo tound |n
3. |roy, Not 1ost or tbo Voooy - Ecooomlc 7boory
o Porsooo| Votlvotloo (Edward E|gar, Cho|tonham,
1007).
2 1ho oxamp|o |s an o|aborat|on ot tho ono usod by K.
3asu, 'On why wo do not try to wa|k ott w|thout pay|ng
attor a tax|-r|do', Ecooomlc ooo Po|ltlco| ook|y,
1088, no. 48.
1HlNG
1 3. ||schor, 'Va|nta|n|ng pr|co stab|||ty', lloooco ooo
Lovo|opmoot, 0ocombor 1000.
2 A study by lobort 3arro, a |oad|ng troo-markot
oconom|st, conc|udos that modorato |nt|at|on (10-20
por cont) has |ow nogat|vo ottocts on growth, and
that, bo|ow 10 por cont, |nt|at|on has no ottoct at a||.
3oo l. 3arro, 'lnt|at|on and growth', Rovlow o
loooro| Rosorvo Book o 5t Lools, 1000, vo|. 78, no.
8. A study by V|chao| 3aro|, an lV| oconom|st,
ost|matos that bo|ow 8 por cont |nt|at|on has ||tt|o
|mpact on growth - |t anyth|ng, ho po|nts out, tho
ro|at|onsh|p |s pos|t|vo bo|ow that |ovo| - that |s,
|nt|at|on ho|ps rathor than h|ndors growth. 3oo V.
3aro|, 'lon-||noar ottocts ot |nt|at|on on oconom|c
growth', lVl 5to Popors, 1000, vo|. 48, Varch.
8 3oo: V. 3runo, '0oos |nt|at|on roa||y |owor growth?',
lloooco ooo Lovo|opmoot, 100b, vo|. 82, pp. 8b-8,
V. 3runo and W. Eastor|y, 'lnt|at|on and growth: ln
soarch ot a stab|o ro|at|onsh|p', Rovlow o loooro|
Rosorvo Book o 5t Lools, 1000, vo|. 78, no. 8.
4 ln tho 1000s, Koroa's |nt|at|on rato was much h|ghor
than that ot t|vo lat|n Amor|can countr|os (vonozuo|a,
3o||v|a, Vox|co, loru and Co|omb|a) and not much
|owor than that ot Argont|na. ln tho 1070s, tho Koroan
|nt|at|on rato was h|ghor than that tound |n vonozuo|a,
Ecuador and Vox|co, and not much |owor than that ot
Co|omb|a and 3o||v|a. 1ho |ntormat|on |s trom A.
3|ngh, '|ow d|d East As|a grow so tast? - 3|ow
progross towards an ana|yt|ca| consonsus', 100b,
UlC1A0 0|scuss|on lapor, no. 07, tab|o 8.
b 1horo aro many d|ttoront ways to ca|cu|ato prot|t
ratos, but tho ro|ovant concopt horo |s roturns on
assots. Accord|ng to 3. C|aossons, 3. 0jankov and
l. lang, 'Corporato growth, t|nanc|ng, and r|sks |n tho
docados botoro East As|a's t|nanc|a| cr|s|s', 1008,
lo||cy losoarch Work|ng lapor, no. 2017, Wor|d
3ank, Wash|ngton, 0C, t|g. 1, tho roturns on assots |n
torty-s|x dovo|opod and dovo|op|ng countr|os dur|ng
1088-00 rangod botwoon 8.8 por cont (Austr|a) and
0.8 por cont (1ha||and). 1ho rat|o rangod botwoon 4
por cont and 7 por cont |n torty ot tho torty-s|x
countr|os, |t was bo|ow 4 por cont |n throo countr|os
and abovo 7 por cont |n throo countr|os. Anothor
Wor|d 3ank study puts tho avorago prot|t rato tor non-
t|nanc|a| t|rms |n 'omorg|ng markot' oconom|os
(m|dd|o-|ncomo countr|os) dur|ng tho 1000s (1002-
2001) at an ovon |owor |ovo| ot 8.1 por cont (not
|ncomo/assots). 3oo 3. Vohapatra, 0. latha and l.
3utt|o, 'Corporato t|nanc|ng pattorns and
portormanco |n omorg|ng markots', m|moo., Varch
2008, Wor|d 3ank, Wash|ngton, 0C.
0 C. lo|nhart and K. logott, 7bls 7lmo ls Lloroot
(lr|ncoton Un|vors|ty lross, lr|ncoton and Oxtord,
2008), p. 2b2, t|g. 10.1.
1HlNG 7
1 On l|nco|n's protoct|on|st v|ows, soo my oar||or book
Klcklog Awoy tbo Loooor (Anthom lross, london,
2002), pp. 27-8 and tho rotoroncos thoroot.
2 1h|s story |s to|d |n groator dota|| |n my oar||or books:
Klcklog Awoy tbo Loooor |s a hoav||y rotoroncod and
annotatod acadom|c - but by no moans d|tt|cu|t-to-
road - monograph, tocusod part|cu|ar|y on trado
po||cy, Boo 5omorltoos (landom |ouso, london,
2007, and 3|oomsbury U3A, low York, 2008) covors
a broador rango ot po||cy aroas and |s wr|tton |n a
moro usor-tr|ond|y way.
1HlNG 8
1 |or turthor ov|donco, soo my rocont book Boo
5omorltoos (landom |ouso, london, 2007, and
3|oomsbury U3A, low York, 2008), ch. 4, '1ho ||nn
and tho E|ophant', and l. Kozu|-Wr|ght and l.
laymont, 7bo Roslstlb|o Rlso o Vorkot
loooomooto|lsm (Zod 3ooks, london, 2007), ch. 4.
1HlNG 9
1 K. Coutts, A. G|yn and 3. lowthorn, '3tructura|
chango undor low labour', Combrlogo 1ooroo| o
Ecooomlcs, 2007, vo|. 81, no. b.
2 1ho torm |s borrowod trom tho 2008 roport by tho
3r|t|sh govornmont's 0opartmont tor 3Ell
(3us|noss, Entorpr|so and logu|atory lotorm),
O|obo|lsotloo ooo tbo Cbooglog UK Ecooomy
(2008).
8 3. A|tord, '0o-|ndustr|a||sat|on', RolRE5l, Autumn
1007, p. 0, tab|o 1.
4 3. lowthorn and K. Coutts, '0o-|ndustr|a||sat|on and
tho ba|anco ot paymonts |n advancod oconom|os',
Combrlogo 1ooroo| o Ecooomlcs, 2004, vo|. 28, no.
b.
1HlNG 10
1 1. Gy|tason, 'Why Europo works |oss and grows
ta||or', Cbo||oogo, 2007, 1anuary/|obruary.
1HlNG 11
1 l. Co|||or and 1. Gunn|ng, 'Why has Atr|ca grown
s|ow|y?', 1ooroo| o Ecooomlc Porspoctlvos, 1000,
vo|. 18, no. 8, p. 4.
2 0an|o| Etounga-Vanguo||o, a Camoroon|an ong|noor
and wr|tor, notos: '1ho Atr|can, anchorod |n h|s
ancostra| cu|turo, |s so conv|ncod that tho past can
on|y ropoat |tso|t that ho worr|os on|y suport|c|a||y
about tho tuturo. |owovor, w|thout a dynam|c
porcopt|on ot tho tuturo, thoro |s no p|ann|ng, no
toros|ght, no sconar|o bu||d|ng, |n othor words, no
po||cy to attoct tho courso ot ovonts' (p. 00). And thon
ho goos on to say that 'Atr|can soc|ot|os aro ||ko a
tootba|| toam |n wh|ch, as a rosu|t ot porsona| r|va|r|os
and a |ack ot toam sp|r|t, ono p|ayor w||| not pass tho
ba|| to anothor out ot toar that tho |attor m|ght scoro a
goa|' (p. 7b). 0. Etounga-Vanguo||o, '0oos Atr|ca
nood a cu|tura| adjustmont program?' |n l. |arr|son
and 3. |unt|ngton (ods.), Co|toro Vottors - low
Vo|oos 5bopo lomoo Progross (3as|c 3ooks, low
York, 2000).
8 Accord|ng to Wobor, |n 1808, around a quartor ot
|ranco's popu|at|on d|d not spoak |ronch. ln tho
samo yoar, 11 por cont ot schoo|ch||dron agod sovon
to th|rtoon spoko no |ronch at a||, wh||o anothor 87
por cont spoko or undorstood |t but cou|d not wr|to |t.
E. Wobor, Poosoots loto lroocbmoo - 7bo
Vooorolsotloo o Roro| lrooco, 1870-1014
(3tantord Un|vors|ty lross, 3tantord, 1070), p. 07.
4 3oo |-1. Chang, 'Undor-oxp|orod troasuro trovos ot
dovo|opmont |ossons - |ossons trom tho h|stor|os ot
sma|| r|ch Europoan countr|os (3lECs)' |n V.
Kromor, l. van l|oshoust and l. Wont (ods.), Lolog
Oooo or Lolog Bottor - Lovo|opmoot Po|lclos lo o
O|obo|lslog or|o (Amstordam Un|vors|ty lross,
Amstordam, 2000), and |-1. Chang, 'Econom|c
h|story ot tho dovo|opod wor|d: lossons tor Atr|ca', a
|octuro do||vorod |n tho Em|nont 3poakors
lrogrammo ot tho Atr|can 0ovo|opmont 3ank, 20
|obruary 2000 (can bo down|oadod trom:
http://www.ocon.cam.ac.uk/tacu|ty/chang/pubs/
ChangAt03|octurotoxt.pdt).
b 3oo |-1. Chang, '|ow |mportant woro tho |n|t|a|
cond|t|ons' tor oconom|c dovo|opmont - East As|a
vs. 3ub-3aharan Atr|ca' (ch. 4) |n |-1. Chang, 7bo
Eost Asloo Lovo|opmoot Exporlooco. 7bo Vlroc|o,
tbo Crlsls, ooo tbo lotoro (Zod lross, london,
2000).
0 |or compar|son ot tho qua||ty ot |nst|tut|ons |n today's
r|ch countr|os whon thoy woro at s|m||ar |ovo|s ot
dovo|opmont w|th thoso tound |n today's dovo|op|ng
countr|os, soo |-1. Chang, Klcklog Awoy tbo Loooor
(Anthom lross, london, 2002), ch. 8.
1HlNG 12
1 |or a usor-tr|ond|y oxp|anat|on and cr|t|c|sm ot tho
thoory ot comparat|vo advantago, soo 'Vy s|x-yoar-
o|d son shou|d got a job', ch. 8 ot my Boo
5omorltoos (landom |ouso, london, 2007, and
3|oomsbury U3A, low York, 2008).
2 |urthor dota||s can bo tound trom my oar||or books,
Klcklog Awoy tbo Loooor (Anthom lross, london,
2002) and Boo 5omorltoos.
1HlNG 13
1 1ho s|xtoon countr|os whoro |noqua||ty |ncroasod aro,
|n doscond|ng ordor ot |ncomo |noqua||ty as ot 2000,
tho U3, 3outh Koroa, tho UK, lsrao|, 3pa|n, lta|y, tho
lothor|ands, 1apan, Austra||a, Canada, 3wodon,
lorway, 3o|g|um, ||n|and, luxomburg and Austr|a.
1ho tour countr|os whoro |ncomo |noqua||ty to|| woro
Gormany, 3w|tzor|and, |ranco and 0onmark.
2 l. V|sho|, 1. 3ornsto|n and |. 3h|orho|z, 7bo 5toto o
orklog Amorlco, 2008/0 (Econom|c lo||cy lnst|tuto,
Wash|ngton, 0C, 2000), p. 20, tab|o 8.
8 Accord|ng to tho OEC0 (Organ|zat|on tor Econom|c
0ovo|opmont and Cooporat|on), botoro taxos and
transtors, tho U3, as ot m|d 2000s, had a G|n|
coott|c|ont (tho moasuro ot |ncomo |noqua||ty, w|th 0
as abso|uto oqua||ty and 1 as abso|uto |noqua||ty) ot
0.40. 1ho t|guros woro 0.b1 tor Gormany, 0.40 tor
3o|g|um, 0.44 tor 1apan, 0.48 tor 3wodon and 0.42
tor tho lothor|ands.
1HlNG 14
1 l. V|sho|, 1. 3ornsto|n and |. 3h|orho|z, 7bo 5toto o
orklog Amorlco, 2008/0 (Econom|c lo||cy lnst|tuto,
Wash|ngton, 0C, 2000), tab|o 8.2.
2 lb|d., tab|o 8.1.
8 '3hou|d Congross put a cap on oxocut|vo pay?', Now
York 7lmos, 8 1anuary 2000.
4 V|sho| ot a|., op. c|t., tab|o 8.A2. 1ho th|rtoon
countr|os aro Austra||a, 3o|g|um, Canada, |ranco,
Gormany, lta|y, 1apan, tho lothor|ands, low Zoa|and,
3pa|n, 3wodon, 3w|tzor|and and tho UK.
b lb|d., tab|o 8.A2.
0 l. A. 3obchuk and 1. V. |r|od, 'Exocut|vo
componsat|on as an agoncy prob|om', 1ooroo| o
Ecooomlc Porspoctlvos, 2008, vo|. 17, no. 8, p. 81.
1HlNG 15
1 OEC0, 'ls |ntorma| norma|? - 1owards moro and
bottor jobs |n dovo|op|ng countr|os', 2000.
2 0. loodman and 1. Vorduch, '1ho |mpact ot
m|crocrod|t on tho poor |n 3ang|adosh: lov|s|t|ng tho
ov|donco', 2000, work|ng papor, no. 174, Contor tor
G|oba| 0ovo|opmont, Wash|ngton, 0C.
8 V. 3atoman, by Looso`t Vlcroloooco ork (Zod
3ooks, london, 2010).
1HlNG 1
1 Vans|on |ouso spooch, 10 1uno 2000.
2 |or a vory ongag|ng and usor-tr|ond|y prosontat|on ot
tho rosoarchos on tho |rrat|ona| s|do ot human naturo,
soo l. Ubo|, lroo Vorkot Vooooss. by lomoo
Notoro ls ot Ooos wltb Ecooomlcs - ooo by lt
Vottors (|arvard 3us|noss 3choo| lross, 3oston,
2000).
1HlNG 17
1 1. 3amott, 'Educat|on tor a|| |n Atr|ca: 3t||| a d|stant
droam' |n l. Arnovo and C. 1orros (ods.),
Comporotlvo Eoocotloo - 7bo Llo|octlc o tbo
O|obo| ooo tbo Loco| (lowman and l|tt|ot|o|d
lub||shors lnc., lanham, Vary|and, 2007), p. 801,
tab|o 10.8.
2 l. lr|tchott, 'Whoro has a|| tho oducat|on gono?', 7bo
or|o Book Ecooomlc Rovlow, 2001, vo|. 18, no. 8.
8 A. Wo|t, Loos Eoocotloo Vottor (longu|n 3ooks,
london, 2002), p. 42.
4 ln tho o|ghth grado, tho U3 ovortook l|thuan|a, but
was st||| boh|nd luss|a and |ungary, tourth-grador
scoro tor |ungary and o|ghth-grador scoros tor
latv|a and Kazakhstan aro not ava||ab|o.
b 1ho othor Europoan countr|os woro, |n ordor ot tho|r
rank|ngs |n tho tost, Gormany, 0onmark, lta|y, Austr|a,
3wodon, 3cot|and and lorway. 3oo tho wobs|to ot
tho lat|ona| Contor tor Educat|ona| 3tat|st|cs ot tho
U3 0opartmont ot Educat|on lnst|tuto ot Educat|on
3c|oncos, http://ncos.od.gov/t|mss/tab|o07_1.asp.
0 1ho othor r|ch countr|os woro, |n ordor ot tho|r
rank|ngs |n tho tost, 1apan, Eng|and, tho U3,
Austra||a, 3wodon, 3cot|and and lta|y. 3oo tho abovo
wobs|to.
7 1ho most |nt|uont|a| works |n th|s schoo| ot thought
woro |arry 3ravorman's Lobor ooo Vooopo|y
Coplto|. 7bo Logroootloo o ork lo tbo 7wootlotb
Cootory (Vonth|y lov|ow lross, low York, 1074)
and 3tophon Varg||n's 'What do bossos do?',
pub||shod |n two parts |n 7bo Rovlow o Roolco|
Po|ltlco| Ecooomy |n 1074 and 107b.
8 Wo|t, op. clt., p. 204.
0 On tho |ssuo ot sort|ng and many othor |ns|ghttu|
obsorvat|ons on tho ro|o ot oducat|on |n oconom|c
dovo|opmont, soo Wo|t, op. clt.
1HlNG 18
1 l. 3|ackburn, '||nanco and tho tourth d|mons|on',
Now Lot Rovlow, Vay/1uno 2000, p. 44.
1HlNG 19
1 1ho sharo ot todora| govornmont |n tota| l80
spond|ng |n tho U3 was b8.0 por cont |n 10b8, b0.8
por cont |n 10bb, 04.0 por cont |n 1000, 04.0 por cont
|n 100b, b7.1 por cont |n 1070, b1.7 por cont |n 107b,
47.2 por cont |n 1080, 47.0 por cont |n 108b and 47.8
por cont |n 1080 (ost|matod). 3oo 0. Vowory and l.
losonborg, '1ho U.3. lat|ona| lnnovat|on 3ystom' |n
l. lo|son (od.), Notlooo| looovotloo 5ystoms
(Oxtord Un|vors|ty lross, low York and Oxtord,
1008), p. 41, tab|o 2.8.
2 |. 3|mon, 'Organ|zat|ons and markots', 1ooroo| o
Ecooomlc Porspoctlvos, 1001, vo|. b, no. 2, p. 27.
1HlNG 20
1 On how tho Contuc|an cu|turo was oot a causo ot
East As|an oconom|c dovo|opmont, soo 'lazy
1apanoso and th|ov|ng Gormans', ch. 0 |n my book
Boo 5omorltoos (landom |ouso, london, 2007,
and 3|oomsbury U3A, low York, 2008).
2 V. 1ntt| ot a|., 'Amor|can oxcopt|ona||sm |n a now
||ght: a compar|son ot |ntorgonorat|ona| oarn|ngs
mob|||ty |n tho lord|c countr|os, tho Un|tod K|ngdom
and tho Un|tod 3tatos', 1ho Warw|ck Econom|c
losoarch lapor 3or|os, 0opartmont ot Econom|cs,
Un|vors|ty ot Warw|ck, Octobor 200b.
1HlNG 21
1 OEC0 |s tho Organ|zat|on tor Econom|c
Cooporat|on and 0ovo|opmont. lt |s tho c|ub ot tho
r|ch countr|os, w|th sovora| mombors doscr|b|ng
whom as 'r|ch' may bo dobatab|o, such as lortuga|,
Koroa, Czoch lopub||c, |ungary, 3|ovak lopub||c,
lo|and, Vox|co and 1urkoy (|n doscond|ng ordor ot
por cap|ta |ncomo). Ot thoso, lortuga| and Koroa aro
tho r|chost, w|th around $18,000 por cap|ta |ncomo
(|n 2000), and 1urkoy tho poorost, w|th por cap|ta
|ncomo ot $b,400 (|n 2000). 1ho noxt poorost OEC0
mombor attor lortuga| and Koroa |s Grooco, wh|ch
has a por cap|ta |ncomo ovor $24,000. ln 2008 (tho
|atost yoar tor wh|ch tho OEC0 has tho data), pub||c
soc|a| spond|ng accountod tor b.7 por cont ot G0l |n
Koroa. 1ho h|ghost was 3wodon, w|th 81.8 por cont.
1ho OEC0 avorago was 20.7 por cont. 3oo OECL
loctbook 2008. Ecooomlc, Eovlroomooto| ooo
5oclo| 5totlstlcs.
2 ln 2008 (tho |atost yoar tor wh|ch tho OEC0 has tho
data), pub||c soc|a| spond|ng accountod tor 10.2 por
cont ot G0l |n tho U3, comparod to tho OEC0
avorago ot 20.7 por cont and tho EU1b avorago ot
28.0 por cont. Among tho OEC0 mombor statos,
on|y Koroa (b.7 por cont) and Vox|co (0.8 por cont) -
two countr|os that aro usua||y not cons|dorod tu||y
dovo|opod - had a |owor rat|o. lb|d.
1HlNG 22
1 l. lortos and |. 3a|dursson, 7bo
lotorootlooo|lsotloo o lco|ooo`s lloooclo| 5octor
(lco|and Chambor ot Commorco, loykjav|k, 2007), p.
0.
2 G. 0umon|| and 0. lovy, 'Costs and bonot|ts ot
noo||bora||sm: A c|ass ana|ys|s', |n G. Epsto|n (od.),
lloooclo|lsotloo ooo tbo or|o Ecooomy (Edward
E|gar, Cho|tonham, 200b).
8 1. Crotty, 'lt t|nanc|a| markot compot|t|on |s so
|ntonso, why aro t|nanc|a| t|rm prot|ts so h|gh? -
lot|oct|ons on tho curront go|don ago' ot t|nanco',
Work|ng lapor, no. 184, lEll (lo||t|ca| Economy
losoarch lnst|tuto), Un|vors|ty ot Vassachusotts,
Amhorst, Apr|| 2007.
4 1ho |ntormat|on tor GE |s trom l. 3|ackburn,
'||nanco and tho tourth d|mons|on', Now Lot Rovlow,
Vay/1uno 2000, p. 44. 1. |roud ot a|.,
lloooclo|lsotloo ooo 5trotogy. Norrotlvo ooo
Nombors (lout|odgo, london, 2000), ost|matos that
tho rat|o cou|d bo as h|gh as b0 por cont. 1ho |ord
numbor comos trom tho |roud ot a|. study and tho
GV numbor trom tho 3|ackburn study.
b 1. G. la|ma, '1ho rovongo ot tho markot on tho
ront|ors - Why noo||bora| roports ot tho ond ot h|story
turnod out to bo promaturo', Combrlogo 1ooroo| o
Ecooomlcs, 2000, vo|. 88, no. 4.
1HlNG 23
1 Your por cap|ta |ncomo w||| doub|o |n ton yoars, |t you
aro a 'm|rac|o' oconomy grow|ng at 7 por cont. lt you
aro a 'go|don ago' oconomy grow|ng at 8.b por cont
por yoar por cap|ta, |t w||| tako around twonty yoars to
doub|o your por cap|ta |ncomo. ln thoso twonty yoars,
por cap|ta |ncomo ot tho m|rac|o oconomy w||| havo
quadrup|od. ln contrast, |t w||| tako around sovonty
yoars tor an '|ndustr|a| rovo|ut|on' oconomy, grow|ng
at 1 por cont |n por cap|ta torms, to doub|o |ts por
cap|ta |ncomo.
2 1ho |ottor can bo down|oadod trom tho wobs|to,
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act|vo oconom|c c|t|zonsh|p xv|, xv||
Aomlolstrotlvo Bobovloor (3|mon) 178-4
Atr|ca soo 3ub-3aharan Atr|ca
AlG 172-8
A|r |ranco 181
AOl 182-8
apartho|d 214-10
Argont|na
oducat|on and growth 181
growth 78
hypor|nt|at|on b8-4
Austr|a
goography 121
govornmont d|roct|on 182
protoct|on|sm 70
ba|anco ot paymonts 07-100, 101
3a|dursson, |r|dr|k 28b
3ang|adosh
ontropronoursh|p 1b0-00
and m|crot|nanco 101-2, 108, 104
3ank ot Eng|and 2b2
(socond) 3ank ot tho U3A 08
3ank tor lntornat|ona| 3ott|omonts (3l3) 202
bankruptcy |aw 227-8
3arad, 1||| 1b4
3ard Co||ogo 172
3atoman, V||tord 102
3augur 288
3aumo|, W||||am 2b0
3obchuk, luc|an 1b4
bohav|oura||st schoo| 178-4
3o|g|um
othn|c d|v|s|on 122
|ncomo |noqua||ty 144, 140
manutactur|ng 70, 01
l80 tund|ng 200
standard ot ||v|ng 100
3on|n, ontropronoursh|p 1b0
3onnott, A|an 214
3os|oy, 1|m 240
b|g govornmont 221-2, 200-01
and growth 228-80
soo o|so govornmont d|roct|on, |ndustr|a| po||cy
3l3 (3ank tor lntornat|ona| 3ott|omonts) 202
3|ack, Eugono 120
3|a|r, 1ony 82, 148, 170
bordor|oss wor|d 80-40
boundod rat|ona||ty thoory 108, 170, 178-7, 2b0, 2b4
3raz|||an |nt|at|on bb
3r|ta|n
|ndustr|a| dom|nanco/doc||no 80-01
protoct|on|sm 00-70
3r|t|sh Acadomy 240-7
3r|t|sh A|rways 181
brownt|o|d |nvostmont 84
3runo| 2b8
3uttot, Warron 80, 280
3ukhar|n, l|ko|a| 180
3unn|ng, 3onator 1|m 8
3urk|na |aso (tormor|y Uppor vo|ta) 121, 200
3ush, Goorgo W. 8, 1b8, 1b0, 174
3ush 3r, Goorgo 207
bus|noss soctor soo corporato soctor
Camoroon 110
cap|ta|
mob|||ty b0-00
nat|ona||ty 74-b, 70-7
cap|ta||sm
Go|don Ago ot 142, 147, 248
modo|s 2b8-4
cap|ta||sts, vs. workors 140-42
capta|ns ot |ndustry 10
Carnog|o, Androw 1b
Caso, 3tovo 182-8
Cassano, 1oo 172-8
C0Os (co||atora||zod dobt ob||gat|ons) 288
C03s (crod|t dotau|t swaps) 288
CEO componsat|on soo oxocut|vo pay, |n U3
Corborus 77-8
Chavoz, |ugo 08
choss, comp|ox|ty ot 17b-0
ch||d-|abour rogu|at|on 2-8, 107
Ch|na
bus|noss rogu|at|on 100
communos 210
oconom|c ott|c|a|s 244
|ndustr|a| prodom|nanco 80, 01, 08, 00
as p|annod oconomy 208-4
lll |ncomo 107
protoct|on|sm and growth 08-4, 0b
Choco|ato mob||o phono 120
Chrys|or 77-8, 101
Chung, 1u-Yung 120
Church|||, W|nston 2b8
c||mato tactors 120-21
C||nton, 3||| 148
cogn|t|vo psycho|ogy 178-4
co||atora||zod dobt ob||gat|ons (C0Os) 288
co||oct|vo ontropronoursh|p 10b
commun|st systom 200-204
Concordo projoct 180-81
cond|t|ons ot trado b
Contuc|an|sm 212-18
Congo (0omocrat|c lopub||c) 110, 121
consumpt|on smooth|ng 108
cooporat|vos 100
corporato soctor
|mportanco 100-01
p|ann|ng |n 207-0
rogu|at|on ottoct 100-8
susp|c|on ot 102-8
soo o|so rogu|at|on, transnat|ona| corporat|ons
Cotton |actor|os logu|at|on Act 1810 2
crod|t dotau|t swaps (C03s) 288
Crotty, 1|m 280-8
cu|turo |ssuos 128, 212-18
0a|m|or-3onz 77-8
0ar||ng, A||sta|r 172
do-|ndustr|a||zat|on 01
ba|anco ot paymonts 07-100, 101
causos 01-0
concorns 00-0
dot|at|on, 1apan b4
do||borat|on counc||s 184
0onmark
cooporat|vos 100
protoct|on|sm 00
standard ot ||v|ng 104, 100, 282-8
dorogu|at|on soo oooor rogu|at|on
dor|vat|vos 280
0otro|t car-makors 101-2
dovo|op|ng countr|os
ontropronoursh|p and povorty 1b8-00
and troo markot po||c|os 02-8, 71-8, 118-10, 201-2
po||cy spaco 202-8
d|g|ta| d|v|do 80
d|shwashors 84
d|str|but|on ot |ncomo soo downward rod|str|but|on ot
|ncomo, |ncomo |rrogu|ar|ty, upward rod|str|but|on
ot |ncomo
domost|c sorv|co 82-8
doub|o-d|p rocoss|on x|||
downward rod|str|but|on ot |ncomo 142-8, 140-7
0uba| 28b
0umon||, Gorard 280
East As|a
oconom|c ott|c|a|s 240-b0
oducat|ona| ach|ovomonts 180-81
othn|c d|v|s|ons 122-8
govornmont d|roct|on 181-2
growth 42, b0, 248-4
|ndustr|a| po||cy 12b-80, 20b
Eco|o lat|ona|o d'Adm|n|strat|on (ElA) 188
oconom|c cr|sos 247
Econom|c lo||cy lnst|tuto (Ell) 144, 1b0
oconom|sts
a|tornat|vo schoo|s 248-b1
as buroaucrats 242-8
co||oct|vo |mag|nat|on 247
and oconom|c growth 248-b
ro|o |n oconom|c cr|sos 247-8
Ecuador 78
Edgorton, 0av|d 87
Ed|son, 1homas 1b, 10b, 100
oducat|on
and ontorpr|so 188-0
h|ghor oducat|on ottoct 18b-8
|mportanco 178-0
know|odgo oconomy 188-b
mochan|zat|on ottoct 184-b
outcomo oqua||ty 217-18
and product|v|ty 170-81
ro|ovanco 182-8
E||zaboth ll, Ouoon 24b-7
ElA (Eco|o lat|ona|o d'Adm|n|strat|on) 188
on||ghtonod so|t-|ntorost 2bb-0
ontropronoursh|p, and povorty 1b7-8
and co||oct|vo |nst|tut|ons 10b-7
as dovo|op|ng country toaturo 1b8-00
t|nanco soo m|crot|nanco
onv|ronmonta| rogu|at|ons 8
Ell (Econom|c lo||cy lnst|tuto) 144, 1b0
oqua||ty ot opportun|ty 210-11, 2b0-7
and oqua||ty ot outcomo 217-20, 2b7
and markots 218-1b
soc|o-oconom|c onv|ronmont 21b-17
oqua||ty ot outcomo 217-20
othn|c d|v|s|ons 122-8
oxocut|vo pay
and non-markot torcos 1b8-0
|ntornat|ona| compar|sons 1b2-8
ro|at|vo to workors' pay 140-b8, 2b7
U3 148-0
ta|r trado, vs. troo trado 0-7
|ann|o Vao 8
lor Eostoro Ecooomlc Rovlow 100
|odora| losorvo 3oard (U3) 171, 172, 240
toma|o occupat|ona| structuro 8b-0
||at 78
t|nanc|a| cr|s|s (2008) x|||, 1bb-0, 171-2, 288-4, 2b4
t|nanc|a| dor|vat|vos 280, 2b4-b
t|nanc|a| markots
dorogu|at|on 284-8, 2b0-00
ottocts 280-41
ott|c|oncy 281-2, 240-41
soctor growth 287-0
||n|and
govornmont d|roct|on 188
|ncomo |noqua||ty 144
|ndustr|a| product|on 100
protoct|on|sm 00, 70
l80 tund|ng 200
wo|taro stato and growth 220
||schor, 3tan|oy b4
|ord cars 101, 287
|ord, |onry 1b, 200
toro|gn d|roct |nvostmont (|0l) 88-b
|ranco
and ontropronoursh|p 1b8
t|nanc|a| dorogu|at|on 280
govornmont d|roct|on 182, 188-4, 18b
|nd|cat|vo p|ann|ng 204-b
protoct|on|sm 70
|rank, lobort | 1b1
|rank||n, 3onjam|n 0b-0, 07
|rodd|o Vac 8
troo markot
boundar|os 8-10
and dovo|op|ng countr|os 02-8, 71-8, 118-10, 201-2
|abour soo oooor |abour
n|notoonth-contury rhotor|c 140-48
as po||t|ca| dot|n|t|on 1-2
rat|ona|o x|||-x|v, 100-70
rosu|ts x|v-xv, xv|-xv||
systom rodos|gn 2b2, 208
soo o|so markots, noo-||bora||sm
troo trado, vs. ta|r trado 0-7
|r|od, 1osso 1b4
|r|odman, V||ton 1, 100, 214
Ga|bra|th, 1ohn Konnoth 10, 24b
Gar|cano, lu|s 24b
Gatos, 3||| 10b, 100, 200
Gonora| E|octr|c (GE) 17, 4b, 80, 287
Gonora| Votors Accoptanco Corporat|on (GVAC) 104,
287
Gonora| Votors (GV) 20, 22, 4b, 80, 80, 1b4, 100-08
doc||no 108-0
t|nanc|a||zat|on 287
pro-om|nonco 101-2
goograph|ca| tactors 121
Gormany
b|ltzkrlog mob|||ty 101
CEO romunorat|on 1b2-8
cooporat|vos 100
om|grat|on 00
hypor|nt|at|on b2-4
|ndustr|a| po||cy 20b
manutactur|ng 00
l80 tund|ng 200
wo|taro stato and growth 228-0
Ghana, ontropronoursh|p 1b0
Ghosn, Car|os 7b-0, 78
g|oba||zat|on
ot managomont 7b-0
and tochno|og|ca| chango 40
GV soo Gonora| Votors
GVAC (Gonora| Votors Accoptanco Corporat|on) 104,
287
Go|don Ago ot Cap|ta||sm 142, 147, 248
Go|d||ocks oconomy 240
Goodw|n, 3|r |rod 1b0
Gosp|an 14b
govornmont d|roct|on
ba|anco ot rosu|ts 184-0
and bus|noss |ntormat|on 182-4
ta||uro oxamp|os 180-81
and markot d|sc|p||no 44-b, 120-80, 184
sharo ownorsh|p 21
succoss oxamp|os 12b-0, 181-4
soo o|so b|g govornmont, |ndustr|a| po||cy
Gramoon 3ank 101-4
Grant, U|yssos 07
Groat 0opross|on 1020 24, 102, 280, 240, 2b2
groont|o|d |nvostmont 84
Groonspan, A|an 172, 240
|am||ton, A|oxandor 00-7, 00
|ayam|, Vasaru b4
|onnossy, lotor 240-7
h|ghor oducat|on 18b-8
||rschman, A|bort 240
llstory Boys (3onnott) 214
||t|or, Ado|t b4
homo country b|as 78-82, 88, 80-7
|onda 18b
|ong Kong 71
housoho|d app||ancos 84-0, 87
|33C 172
|uman ro|at|ons schoo| 47
|ungary, hypor|nt|at|on b8-4
hypor|nt|at|on b2-4
soo o|so |nt|at|on
|yunda| Group 120, 244
lco|and
t|nanc|a| cr|s|s 282-4, 28b
toro|gn dobt 284
standard ot ||v|ng 104-b
lC1 (lntormat|on and Commun|cat|on 1ochno|ogy) 80
llO (lntornat|ona| labour Organ|zat|on) 82, 148-4
lV| soo lntornat|ona| Vonotary |und
|mm|grat|on contro| b, 28, 20-8, 80
|ncomo
por cap|ta |ncomo 104-11
soo o|so downward rod|str|but|on ot |ncomo, |ncomo
|noqua||ty, upward rod|str|but|on ot |ncomo
|ncomo |noqua||ty 18, 72-8, 102, 104-b, 108, 110,
148-b, 147, 247-8, 2b8, 202
lnd|a 00, 121
|nd|cat|vo p|ann|ng 20b
|nd|cat|vo p|ann|ng 204-0
lndonos|a 284
|ndustr|a| po||cy 84, 12b-80, 100, 20b, 242, 2b0, 201
soo o|so govornmont d|roct|on
lndustr|a| lovo|ut|on 70, 00, 248
|ntant |ndustry argumont 00-8, 00-70, 71-2
|nt|at|on
contro| b1-2
and growth b4-0, 00-01
hypor|nt|at|on b2-4
and stab|||ty b0-01
lntormat|on and Commun|cat|on 1ochno|ogy (lC1) 80
|nst|tut|ona| qua||ty 20-80, 112-18, 11b, 117, 128-4,
10b-7
|ntorost rato contro| b-0
|ntornat|ona| do||ar 100-7
lntornat|ona| labour Organ|zat|on (llO) 82, 148-4
lntornat|ona| Vonotary |und (lV|) b4-b, b7, 00, 72,
244, 202
3Als 118
lntornat|ona| Yoar ot V|crocrod|t 102
|ntornot rovo|ut|on 81-2
|mpact 80-7, 88, 80
and rat|ona||ty 174
|nvostmont
brownt|o|d/groont|o|d 84
toro|gn d|roct |nvostmont 88-b
sharo 18-10
|nv|s|b|o roward/sanct|on mochan|sms 48-b0
lro|and
t|nanc|a| cr|s|s 284-b
lta|y
cooporat|vos 100
om|grants to U3 108
1ackson, Androw 08
1apan
bus|noss rogu|at|on 100
CEO romunorat|on 1b2-8
dot|at|on b4
do||borat|on counc||s 184
govornmont d|roct|on 188-4, 18b, 2b0
|nd|cat|vo p|ann|ng 20b
|ndustr|a| po||cy 181, 18b, 242-b
|ndustr|a| product|on 100
product|on systom 47, 107
protoct|on|sm 02, 70
l80 tund|ng 200
1ottorson, 1homas 07-8, 280
job socur|ty/|nsocur|ty 20, b8-01, 108-0, 111, 22b-8,
247, 2b8, 2b0
1ooroo| o Po|ltlco| Ecooomy 84
Ka|dor, l|co|as 240
Koynos, 1ohn Vaynard 240
K|nd|oborgor, Char|os 240
know|odgo oconomy 188-b
Kobo 3too| 42-8, 40
Kong 1zo (Contuc|us) 212
Koroa
trad|t|ona| 211-18
soo o|so lorth Koroa, 3outh Koroa
Koutax, 3andy 172
Kuwa|t 2b8
|abour
troo markot rowards 28-80
job socur|ty b8-00
|n manutactur|ng 01-2
markot t|ox|b|||ty b2
rogu|at|on 2-8
ro|at|vo pr|co 88, 84
lat|n Amor|ca 82-8, bb, 78, 112, 122, 140, 100-7,
211, 24b, 202
latv|a 28b
lazon|ck, W||||am 20
lon|n, v|ad|m|r 188
lov|n, 1orry 188
lovy, 0om|n|quo 280
lG Group 120, 184
||bora|s
noo-||bora||sm xv, 00, 78
n|notoonth-contury 140-42
||m|tod ||ab|||ty 12-1b, 21, 228, 280, 2b7
l|nco|n, Abraham 87, 07
l|st, |r|odr|ch 240
london 3choo| ot Econom|cs 24b-0
l1CV (long-1orm Cap|ta| Vanagomont) 170-71
luxomburg, standard ot ||v|ng 102, 104-b, 107, 100,
282-8, 2b8
macro-oconom|c stab|||ty b1-01, 240, 2b0, 201
Vadott, 3orn|o 172
Va|thus, 1homas 141
managor|a| cap|ta||sm 14-17
Vando|son, lord (lotor) 82-8, 87
manutactur|ng |ndustry
comparat|vo dynam|sm 00
omp|oymont changos 01-2
|mportanco 88-101, 2b7-0
product|v|ty r|so 01-0, 184-b
ro|at|vo pr|cos 04-b
stat|st|ca| changos 02-8
Vao Zodong 21b-10
Varch|onno, 3org|o 78
markots
and boundod rat|ona||ty thoory 108, 178-0, 177, 2b4
cond|t|ons ot trado b
and oqua||ty ot opportun|ty 218-1b
ta||uro thoor|os 2b0
t|nanc|a| soo t|nanc|a| markots
govornmont d|roct|on 44-b, 12b-80
govornmont rogu|at|on 4-0, 108-0, 170-7
part|c|pat|on rostr|ct|ons 4
pr|co rogu|at|ons b-0
and so|t-|ntorost 44-b
soo o|so troo markot
Varx, Kar| 14, 108, 201, 208, 240
Varx|sm 80, 18b, 201-8
mathomat|cs 180, 182-8
V33s (mortgago-backod socur|t|os) 288
mod|c|no's popu|ar|ty 222-4
Vorr|wothor, 1ohn 171
Vorton, lobort 170-71
V|cho||n 7b-0
m|crot|nanco
cr|t|quo 102 and dovo|opmont 100-02
V|crosott 18b
V|nsky, |yman 240
Vonaco 2b8
mora||ty, as opt|ca| |||us|on 48-b0
Vorduch, 1onathan 102
mortgago-backod socur|t|os (V33s) 288
mot|vat|on comp|ox|ty 40-7
Vugabo, lobort b4
lA|1A (lorth Amor|can |roo 1rado Agroomont) 07
lat|ona| |oa|th 3orv|co (UK) 201
nat|ona||ty ot cap|ta| 74-87
natura| rosourcos 00, 11b-10, 110-20, 121-2
noo-||bora||sm xv, 00, 78, 14b
noo-c|ass|ca| schoo| 2b0
soo o|so troo markot
lost|o 70-7, 70
lothor|ands
CEO romunorat|on 1b2-8
cooporat|vos 100
|nto||octua| proporty r|ghts 71
protoct|on|sm 71
wo|taro stato and growth 228-0
low lub||c Vanagomont 3choo| 4b
Now York 7lmos 87, 1b1
low York Un|vors|ty 172
l|ssan 7b-0, 84, 18b, 214
lobo|
loaco lr|zo 102
lr|zo |n oconom|cs 170, 171-2, 178, 208, 240
lobo|, A|trod 170
lok|a 18b, 2b0-00
lorth Amor|can |roo 1rado Agroomont (lA|1A) 07
lorth Koroa 211
lorway
govornmont d|roct|on 182, 188, 20b
standard ot ||v|ng 104
wo|taro stato and growth 222, 220
Obama, 3arack 140
OEC0 (Organ|zat|on tor Econom|c Cooporat|on and
0ovo|opmont) b7, 1b0, 220
Oh, Won-Chu| 244
Ohmao, Kon|ch| 80
Opo| 101
Op|um War 0
opportun|t|os soo oqua||ty ot opportun|ty
Organ|zat|on tor Econom|c Cooporat|on
and 0ovo|opmont (OEC0) b7, 1b0, 220
organ|zat|ona| oconomy 208-0
outcomos oqua||ty 217-20
la||n, 3arah 118
la|ma, Gabr|o| 287
lark, Chung-|oo 120
lark, 1ao-1oon 127-8
part|c|pat|on rostr|ct|ons 4
lorot, loss 07
loru 210
lGAV (l|at|num Grovo Assot Vanagomont) 171
lh|||pp|nos, oducat|on and growth 180, 181
lhoon|x vonturo |o|d|ngs 80
l|gou, Arthur 2b0
l|nochot, Augusto 24b
ll3A (lrogram tor lntornat|ona| 3tudont Assossmont)
180
l|a|n Eng||sh Campa|gn 17b
p|annod oconom|os
commun|st systom 200-204
|nd|cat|vo systoms 204-0
surv|va| 100-200, 208-0
l|at|num Grovo Assot Vanagomont (lGAV) 171
lohang lron and 3too| Company (lO3CO) 127-8
po||ut|on 8, 0, 100
poor |nd|v|dua|s 28-80, 140-42, 210-18
lortos, l|chard 28b
lortman, lata||o 102
lO3CO (lohang lron and 3too| Company) 127-8
post-|ndustr|a| soc|oty 80, 88-0, 01-2, 00, 08, 101,
2b7-8
lovorty loduct|on 3tratogy lapors (ll3ls) 118
soo o|so 3Als
lll (purchas|ng powor par|ty) 100-0
lroobrazhonsky, Yovgon| 188-40, 141
pr|co
rogu|at|ons b-0
stab|||ty b1-01
lr|tchott, lant 181
pr|vato oqu|ty tunds 8b-0, 87
protoss|ona| managors 14-22, 44-b, 100, 200
lrogram tor lntornat|ona| 3tudont Assossmont (ll3A)
180
protoct|on|sm
and growth 02-8, 72-8
|ntant |ndustry argumont 00-8, 00-70, 71-2
pos|t|vo oxamp|os 08-b, 00
ll3ls soo lovorty loduct|on 3tratogy lapors
purchas|ng powor par|ty (lll) 100-0
l80 soo rosoarch and dovo|opmont (l80)
la|, A|shwarya 102
lan|a, Ouoon 102
rat|ona||ty soo boundod rat|ona||ty thoory
l33 (loya| 3ank ot 3cot|and) 1b0
roa| domand ottoct 04
rogu|at|on
bus|noss/corporato 100-8
ch||d |abour 2-8, 107
dorogu|at|on 284-8, 2b0-00
|og|t|macy 4-0
markots 4-0, 108-0, 170-7
pr|co b-0
lo|nhart, Carmon b7, b0
lonau|t 21, 7b-0
Roport oo tbo 5objoct o Vooooctoros (|am||ton) 00
7bo Roscoors (0|snoy an|mat|on) 118-14
rosoarch and dovo|opmont (l80) 78-0, 87, 182, 100
tund|ng 200
roward/sanct|on mochan|sms 48-b0
l|cardo, 0av|d 141
r|ch |nd|v|dua|s 28-80, 140-42
r|vor transport 121
logott, Konnoth b7, b0
loodman, 0av|d 102
loosovo|t, |rank||n 101
lovor 80
loya| 3ank ot 3cot|and (l33) 1b0
lub|now, l.V. 84
luhr occupat|on b2
lumsto|d, 0ona|d 174-b
lwanda 128
3antandor 172
3Als (3tructura| Adjustmont lrograms) 118, 124
3arkozy, l|co|as 00
3cho|os, Vyron 170-71
3chumpotor, 1osoph 10, 10b-7, 240
3ocond Wor|d War p|ann|ng 204
(socond) 3ank ot tho U3A 08
so|t-|ntorost 41-2, 4b
cr|t|quo 42-8
on||ghtonod 2bb-0
|nv|s|b|o roward/sanct|on mochan|sms 48-b0
and markot d|sc|p||no 44-b
and mot|vat|on comp|ox|ty 40-7
3on, Amartya 2b0
3onoga| 118
sorv|co |ndustr|os 02-8
ba|anco ot paymonts 07-100, 101
comparat|vo dynam|sm 04-b, 00-7
know|odgo-basod 08, 00
3oycho||os 100
sharo buybacks 10-20
sharoho|dor va|uo max|m|sat|on 17-22
sharoho|dors
govornmont 21
ownorsh|p ot compan|os 11
short-torm |ntorosts 11-12, 10-20
sh|pbu||dors 210
3|mon, |orbort 178-0, 208-0, 2b0
3|ngaporo
govornmont d|roct|on 188
|ndustr|a| product|on 100
lll |ncomo 107
protoct|on|sm 70
3OEs 20b
3|oan 1r, A|trod 101-2
3m|th, Adam 18, 14, 1b, 41, 48, 100, 280
soc|a| dump|ng 07
soc|a| mob|||ty 108-4, 220
soc|o-oconom|c onv|ronmont 21b-17
3OEs (stato-ownod ontorpr|sos) 127, 182, 188, 20b-0
3outh Atr|ca bb, 121
and apartho|d 218-10
3outh Koroa
bank |oans 81
oconom|c ott|c|a|s 244
oducat|on and growth 181
othn|c d|v|s|ons 128
t|nanc|a| dr|vo 28b
toro|gn dobt 284
govornmont d|roct|on 120-0, 188-4, 18b, 180
|nd|cat|vo p|ann|ng 20b
|ndustr|a| po||cy 12b-80, 20b, 242-b
|nt|at|on bb, b0
job |nsocur|ty ottoct 222-4, 220, 227
post-war 212-14
protoct|on|sm 02, 00, 70
l80 tund|ng 200
rogu|at|on 100-7
3ov|ot Un|on 200-204
3pa|n 122
3p|o|borg, 3tovon 172
3r| lanka 121
3ta||n, 1osot 180-40, 14b
standard ot ||v|ng
compar|sons 10b-7
U3 102-11
3tantord, A|an 172
stato ownod ontorpr|sos (3OEs) 127, 182, 188, 20b-0
stoo|
m||| subs|d|os 120-8
workors 210
3t|g||tz, 1osoph 2b0
3tructura| Adjustmont lrograms (3Als) 118, 124
3ub-3aharan Atr|ca 78, 112-24
cu|turo |ssuos 128
oducat|on and growth 181
othn|c d|v|s|ons 122-8
troo markot po||c|os 118-10, 202
goograph|ca| tactors 121
growth ratos 78, 112, 110-10
|nst|tut|ona| qua||ty 128
natura| rosourcos 110-20, 121-2
structura| cond|t|ons 114-10, 110-24
undordovo|opmont 112-18, 124
3utton, W||||o b2
3wodon 1b, 21-2
CEO romunorat|on 1b2
|ncomo |noqua||ty 144
|ndustr|a| po||cy 20b
|ndustr|a| product|on 100
por cap|ta |ncomo 104
l80 tund|ng 200
wo|taro stato and growth 220
3w|tzor|and
CEO romunorat|on 1b2-8
othn|c d|v|s|ons 122
goography 121
h|ghor oducat|on 18b-0, 188
|nto||octua| proporty r|ghts 71
manutactur|ng 100, 2b8
protoct|on|sm 00, 71
standard ot ||v|ng 104-0, 282-8
1a|wan
bus|noss rogu|at|on 100
oconom|c ott|c|a|s 244
oducat|on and growth 180
govornmont d|roct|on 180
|nd|cat|vo p|ann|ng 20b
protoct|on|sm 00, 70
1anzan|a 110
1All (1roub|od Assot lo||ot lrogram) 8
tax havons 2b8
tochno|og|ca| rovo|ut|on 81-2, 88-40
to|ograph 87-8
1o|onor 104
1hatchor, Vargarot b0, 22b-0, 201
1|mo-Warnor group 182-8
1lV33 (1ronds |n lntornat|ona| Vathomat|cs and
3c|onco 3tudy) 180, 188
1o|odo, A|ojandro 210
1oyota
and apartho|d 214
product|on systom 47
pub||c monoy ba||-out 80
trado rostr|ct|ons 4
transnat|ona| corporat|ons
h|stor|ca| dobts 80
homo country b|as 78-82, 88, 80-7
nat|ona||ty ot cap|ta| 74-b, 70-7
product|on movomont 70, 81-2
soo o|so corporato soctor
1ronds |n lntornat|ona| Vathomat|cs and 3c|onco 3tudy
(1lV33) 180, 188
tr|ck|o-down oconom|cs 187-8
and upward d|str|but|on ot |ncomo 144-7
1rotsky, loon 188
1roub|od Assot lo||ot lrogram (1All) 8
2008 t|nanc|a| cr|s|s x|||, 144, 1bb-0, 171-2, 107-8,
288-4, 280, , 288-0, 24b-7, 240, 2b4
Uganda 11b-10
uncorta|nty 174-b
unomp|oymont 218-10
Un|tod K|ngdom
CEO romunorat|on 1b8, 1bb-0
t|nanc|a| dorogu|at|on 28b-0, 287
l|3 201
sh|pbu||dors 210
soo o|so 3r|ta|n
Un|tod lat|ons 102
Un|tod 3tatos
oconom|c modo| 104
|odora| losorvo 3oard 171, 172, 240
t|nanc|a| dorogu|at|on 28b-8
|mm|grant oxpoctat|ons 108-4
|ncomo |noqua||ty 144
|noqua||t|os 107-11
protoct|on|sm and growth 04-8, 00
l80 tund|ng 200
standard ot ||v|ng 102-11
stoo| workors 210
wo|taro stato and growth 228-80
Un|tod 3tatos Agoncy tor lntornat|ona| 0ovo|opmont
(U3Al0) 180
un|vors|ty oducat|on ottoct 18b-8
Uppor vo|ta (now 3urk|na |aso) 200
upward rod|str|but|on ot |ncomo 148-4
and tr|ck|o-down oconom|cs 144-7
Uruguay
growth 78
|ncomo |noqua||ty 144
U3Al0 (Un|tod 3tatos Agoncy tor lntornat|ona|
0ovo|opmont) 180
vacuum c|oanors 84
vonozuo|a 144
vorsa|||os 1roaty b2
v|otnam 208-4
vo|kswagon
govornmont sharo ownorsh|p 21
pub||c monoy ba||-out 80
wago gaps
po||t|ca| dotorm|nat|on 28-8
and protoct|on|sm 28-0, 07
wago |og|s|at|on b
Wagonor, l|ck 4b
o|| 5troot 1ooroo| 08, 88
Wa|po|o, lobort 00-70
wash|ng mach|nos 81-2, 84-0
Wash|ngton, Goorgo 0b, 00-7
Wo|ch, 1ack 17, 22, 4b
wo|taro oconom|cs 2b0
wo|taro statos b0, 110-48, 140-7, 21b, 220, 221-80
and growth 228-80
W||son, Char||o 102, 108
W|ndows v|sta systom 18b
woo||on manutactur|ng |ndustry 70
work to ru|o 40-7
work|ng hours 2, 7, 100-10
Wor|d 3ank
and troo markot 202
and troo trado 72
and lO3CO 120-8
govornmont |ntorvont|on 42, 44, 00
macro-oconom|c stab|||ty b0
3Als 118
W1O (Wor|d 1rado Organ|zat|on) 00, 202
Yos, Vlolstor/Prlmo Vlolstor (comody sor|os) 44
Yunus, Vuhammad 101-2
Z|mbabwo, hypor|nt|at|on b8-4