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- catalog abstract ""This collection of Bauer's essays reveals the central concern that underlies so much of his diverse work: the impact of people's conduct, their cultural institutions, and the policies of their governments on economic progress." "The papers here cover pressing and controversial issues, including the process that transforms a subsistence economy into an exchange economy, the reputed correlation between poverty and population density, the alleged responsibility of the West for Third World poverty, the often counterproductive results of foreign aid, and the effects of egalitarian policies on individual freedoms."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11623811.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""This collection of Bauer's essays reveals the central concern that underlies so much of his diverse work: the impact of people's conduct, their cultural institutions, and the policies of their governments on economic progress." "The papers here cover pressing and controversial issues, including the process that transforms a subsistence economy into an exchange economy, the reputed correlation between poverty and population density, the alleged responsibility of the West for Third World poverty, the often counterproductive results of foreign aid, and the effects of egalitarian policies on individual freedoms."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "From subsistence to exchange -- Disregard of reality -- The land and the people -- Population explosion: disaster or blessing -- Foreign aid: abiding issues -- Western guilt and third world poverty -- The liberal death wish -- Ecclesiastical economics: envy legitimized -- Hong Kong -- Effective influence on opinion: The Shenoy Memorial Lecture -- Class on the brain -- Egalitarianism: a delicate dilemma.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 153 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0691006679 (cl : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "New forum books".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,".
- catalog subject "338.9 21".
- catalog subject "Commerce.".
- catalog subject "Economic development.".
- catalog subject "Economics.".
- catalog subject "HD75 .B38 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "From subsistence to exchange -- Disregard of reality -- The land and the people -- Population explosion: disaster or blessing -- Foreign aid: abiding issues -- Western guilt and third world poverty -- The liberal death wish -- Ecclesiastical economics: envy legitimized -- Hong Kong -- Effective influence on opinion: The Shenoy Memorial Lecture -- Class on the brain -- Egalitarianism: a delicate dilemma.".
- catalog title "From subsistence to exchange and other essays / Peter Bauer ; with an introduction by Amartya Sen.".
- catalog type "text".