Contours of the world economy, 1-2030 AD : essays in macro-economic history /
Angus Maddison.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- xii, 418 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The contours of world development The history of macro-measurement The shape of things to come Contours of world development, 1 2003AD 1the Roman Empire and its economy Introduction Key characteristics accounting for Roman success in empire building Conquest of the Italian Peninsula, 396 191BC The empire building process The disintegration of the empire Roman demography Roman income Endnotes Bibliography 2The resurrection of Western Europe and the transformation of the Americas Why and when did the west get rich? The driving forces that explain the acceleration in western growth since 1820 Changes in the structure of demand and employment The european transformation of the Americas, 1500 1820 Endnotes References 3The interaction between Asia and the West, 1500 2003 European Asian interaction from 1500 to 1820 The impact of Asian trade on Europe, 1500 1820 The impact of Europe on Asia, 1500 1820 Endnotes References 4The impact of Islam and Europe on African development: 1 2003AD Introduction The European impact on North Africa before the seventh century The Islamic conquest and its implications Egypt as Islamic state The Maghreb and the initiation of Trans-Saharan trade in gold and slaves The changing character of Moroccan dynasties and their interaction with Europe and Black Africa Black Africa and the impact of Islam The European encounter with Africa Africa from 1820 to 1960 Post-colonial Africa, 1960 onwards Appendix Endnotes References Advances in macro-measurement since 1665 5political arithmeticians and historical demographers: the pioneers of macro-measurement William Petty (1623 87) John Graunt: the first demographer (1620 74) Gregory King (1648 1712) and Charles Davenant (1656 1714) Patrick Colquhoun (1745 1820) French political arithmetic, 1695 1707 Macro-measurement in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century Bibliography 6Modern macro-measurement: how far have we come? Development of macro-measurement as a tool of economic policy since 1950 Quantifying and interpreting world economic growth from 1820 onwards Economic performance in the merchant capitalist epoch: 1500 1820 The roots of modernity: 'take off' or long apprenticeship Appendices Endnotes Bibliography The shape of things to come 7the world economy in 2030 Projections of population and changes in demographic characteristics Assumptions underlying the projections of per capita GDP The relationship between economic growth, energy consumption, carbon emissions, and global warming The impact of climate change The Kyoto Protocol The report of the House of Lords on climate change The Stern review of the economics of climate change Conclusions on global warming