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The Political Economy of Education: Implications for Growth and Inequality

Gradstein, Mark; Justman, Moshe; Meier, Volker - The MIT Press

The dominant role played by the state in the financing, regulation, and provision of primary and secondary education … reflects the widely-held belief that education is necessary for personal and societal well-being. The economic organization of … education depends on political as well as market mechanisms to resolve issues that arise because of contrasting views on such …

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Technology and the New Economy

Bai, Chong-En (contributor); Yuen, Chi-Wa (contributor) - The MIT Press

One of the most important forces driving economic performance in the United States and other countries during the 1990s was the rise of information technology. The new technology has had such a significant impact on the economy that "the new economy" emerged as a popular term in both the media...

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Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets: The Political Economy of Innovation

Cowhey, Peter F.; Aronson, Jonathan D. - The MIT Press

Innovation in information and communication technology (ICT) fuels the growth of the global economy. How ICT markets evolve depends on politics and policy, and since the 1950s periodic overhauls of ICT policy have transformed competition and innovation. For example, in the 1980s and the 1990s a...

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Africa's Turn?

Miguel, Edward - The MIT Press

. But most agree that something new is happening, and that policy innovations in health, education, agriculture, and …

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Economic Prosperity Recaptured: The Finnish Path from Crisis to Rapid Growth

Honkapohja, Seppo; Koskela, Erkki A.; Leibfritz, Willi; … - The MIT Press

Many countries have experienced major economic changes since the mid-1980s as a result of the deregulation and liberalization of national financial systems—two key aspects of globalization—with some experiencing boom and bust in rapid succession. The small Northern European country of...

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Institutions and Norms in Economic Development

Gradstein, Mark (contributor); Konrad, Kai A. (contributor) - The MIT Press

Recent decades have seen almost unprecedented economic growth in income per capita around the world. Yet this extraordinary overall performance masks a wide variation in growth rates across different countries, with persistent underdevelopment in some parts of the world. This disparity...

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