Nations and Households in Economic Growth: Essays in Honor of Moses Abramovitz is a collection of papers that reflect the broad sweep of Moses Abramovitz's interests within the disciplines of economics and economic history. This work is organized into two parts encompassing 14 chapters. The first part discusses the individual and social welfare significance of quantitative indices of economic growth. This part also deals with the mechanisms of economic-demographic interdependence and their bearing particularly upon "long swings in the rate of growth. The second part highlights the changing role of international relations in processes generating national economic development and domestic economic instability. This book will be of value to economists, historians, and researchers.

A compelling theory on the rationale for the changing fortunes of nations

Comparison of the economic growth process in developed countries, with particular reference to the measurement of the components of the gross national product - examines long term trends in growth rates, productivity growth and nonconventional costs, sectoral changes in shares of the labour force force, the capital worker ratio, the impact of technological change, shifts in the production and demand structure, etc., and includes comparisons of developed and developing countries. References and statistical tables.

This collection of Angus Maddison's work, which includes new essays, offers a comparative, quantitative analysis of the economic performance of nations, providing a clear view of why growth rates differ and why real income and productivity spreads are so wide. An autobiographical essay is included.

This work explains long waves of economic activity and the rivalry of nations for leadership. It considers this concept and its characteristics, and discusses the idea that a change in economic leadership of a nation occurs after nations reach the height of their influence.