This paper surveys the literature on historical national accounting, discusses the importance
of relative income benchmarks for, in particular, historical income estimates, and presents an …

The 'Great Acceleration'graphs, originally published in 2004 to show socio-economic and
Earth System trends from 1750 to 2000, have now been updated to 2010. In the graphs of …

从理论上说通过较快的资本积累和从发达国家引进技术, 欠发达国家可以缩小与发达国家的收入
差距. 然而, 这样的经济收敛仅仅发生于东亚少数几个经济. 我认为: 一个经济的产业和技术结构 …

本文认为, 在经济发展的战略选择上, 除了立足于赶超型重工业优先发展战略或进口替代战略
以外, 还有一种更为成功的经济发展道路, 即比较优势战略, 这是日本和亚洲“四小龙” …

This paper assesses claims that, prior to the 19th century, around 90% of the human
population lived in extreme poverty (defined as the inability to access essential goods), and …

Economists' understanding of long-run economic development has greatly improved thanks
to the historical statistics compiled by the late Angus Maddison. Yet his method for …

This profound book is a powerful yet balanced critique of mainstream economics that makes
a forceful plea for taking economics out of its secular and occident-centred cocoon. It …

Why are people in the richest countries of the world so much richer today than 100 years
ago? And why are some countries so much richer than others? Questions such as these …

The M addison P roject, initiated in M arch 2010 by a group of close colleagues of A ngus M
addison, aims to develop an effective system of cooperation between scholars to continue M …

中国经济已经经历了20 多年的高速经济增长, 中国高速经济增长的来源到底是生产要素的积累,
还是生产率的增长? 对这一问题国内已有不少研究, 很多研究用全要素生产率的方法分析了中国 …