ECONOMIC HISTORY OF THE WORLD: CLARK
January 24, 2007 at 2:07 pm | Posted in Books, Economics, Financial, Globalization, History | Leave a comment
Professor Gregory Clark Book
Click here: A farewell to Alms
A Farewell to Alms:
A Brief Economic History of
the World
Forthcoming, Princeton University Press, June 2007
| Preface |
iii |
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| Acknowledgements |
v |
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Introduction…………………………………….. |
1-19 |
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20-44 |
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Material |
45-84 |
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Fertility………………………………………….. |
85-110 |
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Life |
111-138 |
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6. |
139-165 |
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Technological |
166-181 |
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Institutions……………………………………………………… |
182-205 |
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The |
206-235 |
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Modern Growth: the Wealth of Nations………… |
236-255 |
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The Problem of the Industrial Revolution……….. |
256-283 |
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The English Industrial Revolution,1760-1860…….. |
284-322 |
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Why England? Why not China, Japan or India?……. |
323-339 |
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Social Consequences …………………………………….. |
340-375 |
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The Great Divergence: World Growth since 1800.. |
376-410 |
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The Proximate Sources of Divergence…………… |
411-439 |
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Why Isn’t the Whole World Developed?……………… |
440-465 |
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Conclusion: Strange New World………………… |
466-467 |
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Technical Appendix……………………………… |
468-472 |
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References……………………………………….. |
473-499 |
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FINANCIAL STABILITY FORUM: NEWS
January 24, 2007 at 12:47 pm | Posted in Economics, Financial, Globalization, History, Research | Leave a comment
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January 24, 2007 at 4:27 am | Posted in Arabs, Economics, Financial, Globalization, History, Islam, Middle East, Research | Leave a comment
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Stability Seen On Jordan’s ASE In 2007 Private Equity Prominence
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Inside Corporate Monitor Footprints in Boomtown UAE Arabtec Holding (Arabtec) has been growing hand in hand with the UAE for the past 32 years. Through its subsidiaries in the contracting sector, Arabtec stamped its footprint in the country with landmark projects ranging from Art Galleries to City Centers and residential complexes.
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Shuaa expects UAE equity markets to initiate a recovery in 2007 with gains of over 20% for the UAE SC Index. Drivers of the recovery will include double-digit earnings growth and favorable stock valuations along with benign local interest rates and macroeconomic developments. Shuaa attributes the severe retraction of 2006 to unsustainably high valuations, liquidity drains, rising interest rates, and a negative regional contagion.
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This week’s top story crowns a string of IPO announcements since the beginning of the year. If this trend is a good indicator, then 2007 promises to be a comeback year for the IPO market, which performed below expectations in 2006.
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UAE Low-Cost Airline Air Arabia Plans Q1 2007 IPO
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DUBAI (Zawya Dow Jones)–The U.A.E.’s low-cost airline AirArabiaAir Arabia Monday said it plans an initial public offering in the first quarter of this year to fund expansion.
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UAE: Dh900 million five-star hotel nears completion
Arkan, Saudi Construction Production Company to set up six factories
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Abu Dhabi Islamic Bk FY2006 Pft AED571M, Up 66% – Source
FINANCIAL SERVICES NEWS
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TDIC signs AED 500 million credit facility with banking consortium
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GCC tenders for medicine amount to $665m
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