ABSTRACT
Economic growth, reflected in increases in national output per capita, makes possible an improved material standard of living. Sustainable development, popularly and concisely defined as ‘meeting the needs of the present generations without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs,' directly addresses the utilization of natural resources, the state of the environment, and intergenerational equity.
Fundamental questions addressed in this textbook include:
- What causes economic growth?
- Why do some countries grow faster than others?
- What accounts for the extraordinary growth in the world’s population over the past two centuries?
- What are the current trends in population and will these trends continue?
- Are there limits to economic growth and population growth due to resource constraints and environmental thresholds?
- Is sustainable development compatible with economic growth?
- Can sustainable development be attained without addressing the extreme poverty that afflicts over a billion of the world’s population?
This interdisciplinary textbook uses a blend of formal models, empirical evidence, history and policy to provide a coherent and comprehensive treatment of economic growth and sustainable development.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART I INTRODUCTION
chapter 1|32 pages
INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMIC GROWTH
chapter 2|20 pages
INTRODUCTION TO POPULATION GROWTH
part |2 pages
PART II THEORIES OF GROWTH
chapter 3|20 pages
CLASSICAL THEORIES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
chapter 4|22 pages
MACROECONOMICS AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION
chapter 5|26 pages
LIMITS TO GROWTH
part |2 pages
PART III MACROECONOMIC MODELS
chapter 6|33 pages
MACROECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS
chapter 7|30 pages
GROWTH MODELS
chapter 8|35 pages
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
part |2 pages
PART IV DEMOGRAPHY
chapter 9|41 pages
POPULATION DYNAMICS
chapter 10|43 pages
POPULATION TRANSITIONS
part |2 pages
PART V SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT