Economic Development

Economic development is the process by which a nation improves the economic, political, and social well-being of its people. The term has been used frequently by economists, politicians, and others in the 20th and 21st centuries. The concept, however, has been in existence in the West for centuries. Modernization, Westernization, and especially Industrialization are other terms people have used while discussing economic development. Economic development has a direct relationship with the environment and environmental issues.

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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty
The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good
The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time
The Elusive Quest for Growth: Economists' Adventures and Misadventures in the Tropics
The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else
How Asia Works: Success and Failure in the World's Most Dynamic Region
Development as Freedom
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries Are Failing and What Can Be Done About It
From Third World to First: The Singapore Story: 1965-2000
The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor
Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa
More Than Good Intentions: How a New Economics Is Helping to Solve Global Poverty
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality
MITI and the Japanese Miracle: The Growth of Industrial Policy, 1925-1975

Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr.
People tend to buy more at a lower price and less at a higher price. Also, people who produce goods or supply services tend to produce more at higher prices and less at lower prices. This juxtaposition constitutes equilibrium.
Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, Principles of a Permaculture Economy

Inter-jurisdictional competition for growth can and does lead to potentially misplaced investments - stadiums instead of schools, highways instead of health care. There is nothing intrinsic about the mark in jurisdictions that ensures that it will produce the right kind of spending, even if we knew that that spending was.
Richard Schragger

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