Economic - Societies -- Economic - Condition

Indeks : p.223 - 227 ; This book is to bring a historical perspective to bear on these pressing contemporary issues. It is not a simple history book. It is to bring to life the dramatic social forces around material production and distribution that have gradually created the world in which we live. It is built on the basic idea that we need knowledge of history in order to understand our present economic situation and to be able to think through likely future economic challenges we will face. Heilbroner had no loftier ambition than to describe the dramatic, and at times wrenching, changes in economic and social life that provide the backdrop for understanding today's world. It reflects this same purpose that tried to capture the great changes in the world economy that we see emerging before our eyes - China's explosive economic growth and great export success; the decline of population growth in the rich countries and the simultaneous social pressures of the immigration process; and the outsourcing of services from the developed countries to the developing countries and its implications for work and pay in the developed countries.