Economic development for the 21st century

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0.1 Now versus then

1 Economic development is about all of economics

2 Historic perspectives: economic and population growth

3 Globalization

4 Income distribution

4.2 Concepts for understanding income distribution issues: the gini coefficient

4.3 The gini coefficient

4.4 Recent experience: 1980s-2008

4.5 Income distribution trends: developed nations

4.6 Sources of rising inequality: developed nations

4.7 Some further questions to ponder:

4.8 Globalization, technological change and the evolution of labor’s share

4.9 Remedies for income inequality

4.10 The piketty proposals in perspective

4.11 Income tax rate increases

4.12 Wealth taxes

4.13 Income inequality and the economic literature

4.14 An overlooked lesson on redistribution and taxes

4.15 Appendix chapter 4

4.16 Piketty and income inequality: a closer look

5 Perspectives on the role of capital in development: physical capital,

6 Investment in human capital: education and health

7 21st century technology, digital displacement, and the role of human

8 Institutions (intangible capital)

9 Corrosion of institutions: rent-seeking

9.1 Rent-seeking

9.2 Corruption world-wide issue [add new reading material]

9.3 Rent-seeking and the greek drama

9.4 More on rent-seeking and corruption

10 Integration of role of k: production function approach

10.1 Integration physical, human & Intangible capital

10.2 A production function approach to growth

10.3 A) the cobb-douglas two input production function

10.4 B) other production function approaches to growth

11 States and markets - soes

12 Natural capital & Sustainable development introduction

13 Natural capital: forestry

13.1 The role of ignorance

13.2 Resource accounting

13.3 Institutional failure

13.4 Market failure reconsidered

13.5 Future generations

13.6 Shortages of tropical forests

13.7 Destruction of tangible economic values

13.8 Destruction of equity values

13.10 Appendix to chapter 13: international trade and deforestation in tropical

13.11 I. introduction

13.12 Ii. resource base

13.13 Iv. conclusion

14 Related issues in sustainable development and the environment

15 Natural capital: energy

15.1 Hydrocarbon energy: oil and gas, coal

15.2 The evolving outlook for world energy

15.3 Alternative energy sources

15.4 Primer on semi-sustainability

15.5 Perspectives on energy worldwide

15.6 Energy utilization and energy subsidies in emerging nations

15.7 Future sources of hydrocarbons for emerging nations

15.8 New technologies: horizontal drilling and fracking

15.9 Octopus drilling

15.10 Fracking and the environment

15.11 Finding energy: deepwater deposits

15.12 Capturing benefits from energy endowments for emerging nations

15.13 Hydropower?

15.14 Natural resource markets: volatility

16 Energy: nuclear power

16.1 Some present and historical considerations about nuclear energy

16.2 Relative costs

16.4 Nuclear power has benefited from large subsidies.

16.5 Nuclear power in emerging nations

16.6 Decommissioning costs

17 Energy: global warming change

17.1 Introduction

17.2 Implications of climate change

17.3 Effects of climate change

17.4 1. curtail deforestation especially tropical deforestation

17.5 2. drastically curtail all subsidies for consumption of fossil fuels

17.6 3. enact new and/or increase existing carbon taxes

17.7 4. cap and trade systems

17.8 5. encourage worldwide shifts from coal-fired power plants to natural

17.9 6. invest in programs to make low carbon energy cheaper

17.10 Appendix chapter 17: project evaluation and sustainability

18 Natural capital: water

18.4 Quantity issues

18.5 The global picture

18.6 Water: sustainable and unsustainable use

18.7 Horror stories on water conservation

18.8 India, pakistan and syria: critical issues

18.10 Climate change and water availabilities

18.11 Sustainable use of water

18.12 What can be done?

18.13 An indian example

18.14 Privatization in argentina, bolivia and chile

19 Natural capital: fisheries

20 General introduction to savings mobilization

21 Taxation and development

22 Savings, taxation and the private sector

Source: OpenStax, Economic development for the 21st century. OpenStax CNX. Jun 05, 2015 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11747/1.12

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