Contours of the world economy 12030 ad by maddison, angus. Angus maddison rewrites economic history again andrew sharpe for a couple of decades now, the economic historian angus maddison has been the preeminent historian of longterm economic growth. Historical statistics ebook written by maddison angus. Measuring and interpreting world economic performance. The book is a sequel to the authors 1995 monitoring the world economy.
Contours of the world economy 12030 ad ebook by angus. Essays in macro economic history kindle edition by maddison, angus. Jan 01, 2001 angus maddison provides a comprehensive view of the growth and levels of world population since the year. Maddison explores the impact of western conquest on the americas and analyzes the indigenous and external forces that hindered advance in asia and africa.
Published in 2004 by the oecd development centre, it studies the growth of populations and economies across the centuries. Sweeping and majestic economic history of the whole world by angus maddison. Angus maddison, chinese economic performance in the long run. He demonstrates that such statistical data can enlighten the analysis of economic phenomena such as growth, market formation, and income. Sep 20, 2007 combining both the close quantitative analysis for which professor maddison is famous with a more qualitative approach that takes into account the complexity of the forces at work, this book provides students and all interested readers with a totally fascinating overview of world economic history. In this period, world population rose 22 fold, per capita gdp fold and world gdp nearly 300 fold. This new edition contains statlinks, a service providing access to the underlying data in excel format. In this period, world population rose 22fold, while per capita gross domestic product increased fold and world gdp nearly 300fold. The heightened interest in economic globalism in recent times makes this a timely book. It is intended as a research guide for future comparisons of economic performance in space and time. This monumental reference is a must for scholars of economics and economic history, and casual readers will also find much of interest.
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Aimed at teachers, researchers and students of economics and economic history. The initiative came from simon kuznets 190185, the pioneer of quantitative economic history. This book seeks to identify the forces which explain how and why some parts of the world have grown rich and others have. World economy is a continuation of maddisons 1995 book, monitoring. Maddison, angus growth and interaction in the world economy. Essays in macroeconomic history kindle edition by maddison, angus. Angus maddison, chinese economic performance in the long. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Essays in macroeconomic history by maddison, angus isbn. A millennial perspective economic history services, nov 26, 2001. Measuring and interpreting world economic performance 15002001.
The biggest gains occurred in the rich countries of today western europe, north america, australasia and japan. A millennial perspective which covers the development of the world economy over the last 2000 years. Maddison historical statistics the maddison project has been initiated in march 2010 by a group of close colleagues of angus maddison, with the aim to support an effective way of cooperation between scholars to continue maddisons work on measuring economic performance for different regions, time periods and subtopics. Known for his pioneering work in the field of the quantification of economic growth in the global and historic perspective, professor maddison has enjoyed a varied career. Sep 08, 2017 its also worth noting that the original source for all the data up until 2008 is from the late angus maddison, a famous economic historian that published estimates on population, gdp, and other figures going back to roman times. In chinese economic performance in the long run the first edition of which. The four moving points on the graph represent the economies of china, western europe, the former urss and the united states. It is for scholars and students of economics and economic history as well as for statisticians. In this period, world population rose 22fold, per capita gdp fold and world gdp nearly 300fold. Angus maddisons most popular book is contours of the world economy, 12030 ad. Part 2 covers the development of macroeconomic tools of analysis.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A millennial perspective, first published in 2001 and the world economy. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading contours of the world economy 12030 ad. Historical statistics is a landmark book by angus maddison. Part 2 covers the development of macroeconomic tools of analysis from the.
The biggest gains occurred in the wealthy regions of today western europe, north america, australasia and japan. He was professor at the university of groningen from 1978 to 1997, and a founder of the groningen growth and development centre. Maddison historical statistics historical development. The biggest gains occurred in the rich countries of. The nook book ebook of the contours of the world economy 12030 ad. In this study, angus maddison explores the causes of the wests economic growth over the last 2,000 years and contrasts it with the economic history of the rest of the world. These two volumes bring together estimates of world gdp for the past 2000 years and.
At the behest of the oecd angus maddison, arguably the dean of scholars on the history of the world economy, summarizes the available data and research on trends in the global economy during most of the modern era, defined as the period since the industrial. Development centre studies the world economy historical. Sep 25, 2003 development centre studies the world economy historical statistics. Jan 11, 2018 maddison historical statistics the maddison project has been initiated in march 2010 by a group of close colleagues of angus maddison, with the aim to support an effective way of cooperation between scholars to continue maddison s work on measuring economic performance for different regions, time periods and subtopics. He was emeritus professor at the faculty of economics at the university of groningen. Angus maddison was a noted british economist specialising in quantitative macro economic history, including the measurement and analysis of economic growth and development. Angus maddison s most popular book is contours of the world economy, 12030 ad. Essays on macroeconomic history, angus maddison find, read and cite all the. This book, which provides data on gdp and population growth for the past millennium, enables quantification of longterm changes, and is therefore of exceptional interest.
Read contours of the world economy 12030 ad essays in macroeconomic history by angus maddison available from rakuten kobo. A millennial perspective oecd, in which he reconstitutes hundreds of statistical records to retrace the evolution of the global economy over more than ten centuries. A millennial perspective development centre studies new edition by maddison, angus, organization for economic cooperation and development, organization for economic cooperation and development isbn. The world economy brings together two reference works by angus maddison. Encompassing 2000 years of history, part 1 begins with the roman empire and explores the key factors that have influenced economic development in africa, asia, the americas and europe. Angus maddisons research shows clearly that the economic growth of the four leading world economies was in no way lineal. Angus maddison is a specialist in questions of economic growth and development, and is best known for his overview published in 2001, the world economy. Development centre studies the world economy historical statistics. Written by a pioneer in the quantitative and macroeconomic analysis of economic history, this book combines qualitative histories with quantitative data. The world economy website helps the public learn about the worlds economy.
Angus maddison 6 december 1926 24 april 2010 was a noted british economist specialising in quantitative macro economic history, including the measurement and analysis of economic growth and development. Angus maddison has 32 books on goodreads with 1089 ratings. Angus maddison contours of the world economy 12030 ad. Angus maddison has labored fifty years to provide ever more comprehensive and distant estimates of economic growth. Estimates of population and trade in the roman empire, the magnitude of the african slave trades across the atlantic and to the moslem world, the amount of silver transferred from europe originally from the western hemisphere, and many other important features of world economic history are included. Angus maddison is emeritus professor of economic sociology at the university of groningen. The book is a sequel to the authors monitoring the world economy. Development centre studies the world economy a millennial. Essays in macroeconomic history ebook written by angus maddison. Dissemination and development of techniques of macromeasurement was a major objective of the founding fathers of the international association for research in income and wealth iariw.
Angus maddison provides a comprehensive view of the growth and levels of world population since the year. This book includes tables showing maddisons estimates for the world and its major regions from as early as the year. He demonstrates that such statistical data can shed light on the analysis of economic phenomena such as growth, market formation and income distribution. Contours of the world economy 1 2030 ad download pdf.