Professor Helpman's analytic powers and extraordinary grasp of the subject make his book, The Mystery of Economic Growth, the most comprehensive analysis of economic growth to date. The wide variety of relevant issues, from technological development through price and income causes and consequences to institutional changes are made available to the scholar and the interested general reader. The evaluations of different strands are judicious and wise, as well as highly representative of the literature. -- Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Laureate in Economics Want to understand the latest and best thinking on economic growth? Then read this little book. Professor Helpman has provided an enormously useful reader's guide to what is known (and what is not known) about this complex, fascinating, and all-important subject. -- Martin L. Weitzman, author of Income, Wealth, and the Maximum Principle Elhanan Helpman has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of economic growth. Here he steps back and assesses what we have learned. Each page shines with profound knowledge, erudition, and wisdom. -- Andrei Shleifer, co-author of The Grabbing Hand: Government Pathologies and Their Cures
Elhanan Helpman is the Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade at Harvard University.
Professor Helpman's analytic powers and extraordinary grasp of the
subject make his book, The Mystery of Economic Growth, the most
comprehensive analysis of economic growth to date. The wide variety
of relevant issues, from technological development through price
and income causes and consequences to institutional changes are
made available to the scholar and the interested general reader.
The evaluations of different strands are judicious and wise, as
well as highly representative of the literature.
*Kenneth Arrow, Nobel Laureate in Economics*
Want to understand the latest and best thinking on economic growth?
Then read this little book. Professor Helpman has provided an
enormously useful reader's guide to what is known (and what is not
known) about this complex, fascinating, and all-important
subject.
*Martin L. Weitzman, author of Income, Wealth, and the Maximum
Principle*
Elhanan Helpman has made fundamental contributions to our
understanding of economic growth. Here he steps back and assesses
what we have learned. Each page shines with profound knowledge,
erudition, and wisdom.
*Andrei Shleifer, co-author of The Grabbing Hand: Government
Pathologies and Their Cures*
In this book, Elhanan Helpman reviews and analyzes economic growth,
by pointing out the importance of input accumulation, trade,
inequality, innovation, productivity, and institutions. He uses the
most basic concept to outline what we know, what we do not know,
and what we ought to know about the subject on a comprehensive and
understandable manner. Such an approach should enable even
noneconomists to become involved in the "growth mystery" without
resorting to complex mathematical formulations...Overall, the book
is well written, and the author is indeed highly knowledgeable on
the issue at hand and his views are quite insightful and helpful in
our understanding of economic growth, along with providing
encouragement to developing countries.
*Developing Economies*
The Mystery of Economic Growth is the book to read if you want to
learn about what we know about "economic growth" and what the
remaining mysteries are. The book deserves to be read by a wide
range of economists, policy makers and researchers who are
interested in this subject. It is a must reading for undergraduate
and graduate students who would like to do research in the field of
economic growth and international development...It is short,
relatively non-technical, but still provides an extensive coverage
of the topic. Helpman tells an exciting story focusing on the most
important research in the last 20 years.
*Journal of International Economics*
This is an engaging book and it should be read by anyone interested
in bridging the divide between economics and social
policy...Helpman provides an interesting account of the most
important contemporary theories of economic growth, and his book
will be a useful resource for those who would like to know more on
the subject.
*Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare*
Those interested in the topic of growth economics will find this
discussion both fascinating and provocative.
*Monthly Labor Review*
Helpman is himself a master of the art of economics and his
master's hand is evident on each page. In making his point, he
takes the reader on a fast, yet detailed tour of some of the most
important writing on economic growth in the last twenty years. He
reviews the emergence of endogenous growth theory, the interaction
of international trade and economic growth, the relationship
between inequality and growth, and the role of the institutions
that provide the fundamental groundwork for economic growth.
*EH.Net*
A fine survey of what is known and unknown in economics, and how to
improve an understanding of global economic influences. Here the
story of growth economics is organized around themes of
technological and institutional influencers, total productivity,
and interdependent growth rates of different countries.
*Bookwatch*
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