Synopses & Reviews
Review
"Solomou's achievement in this terse and clear book...is remarkable. His handling of the main statistical series on growth is masterly...his knowledge of the secondary sources is clearly encyclopaedic...Anyone interested in the recent economic history of the major Western economies, or the world economy, should read and reread Solomou..." The Economic Journal
Review
"Overall, Solomou's arguments are plausible and his reasoning cogent. He has amassed a great amount of information to support his conclusions. His prose style is clear and crisp..." The Times Higher Education Supplement
Table of Contents
List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Perspectives on long-term economic growth variations; 2. Statistical methodology; 3. Production trends in the world economy; 4. Price trends; 5. Innovation clusters and Kondratieff waves; 6. The national aspects of Kuznets swings, 1850-1913; 7. The international aspects of Kuznets swings, 1850-1913; 8. A long-term perspective of interwar economic growth; 9. Some conclusions on the postwar boom, 1950-1973; 10. Conclusions; Notes; Bibliography; Index.