Human capital : the driving force for economic development / Cosimo Perrotta, Salvatore Rizzello, Claudia Sunna.
Perrotta, Cosimo, 1942- author.; Rizzello, Salvatore, 1963- author.; Sunna, Claudia, author.
2023
HD4904.7 .P47 2023
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Title Human capital : the driving force for economic development / Cosimo Perrotta, Salvatore Rizzello, Claudia Sunna.
Author Perrotta, Cosimo, 1942- author.
ISBN 3031344944 electronic book
9783031344947 (electronic bk.)
9783031344930
3031344936
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34494-7
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (ix, 164 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-031-34494-7 doi
Call Number HD4904.7 .P47 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 331.11
Summary This book presents a new interpretation of the role of human capital and the state in driving economic development. It places these ideas within broader debates within the history of economic thought to highlight how the nature of economic activity is a collective and coordinated process. Through examining how the welfare state reversed traditional accumulation by relying on human capital growth, the importance of the state within the development process is emphasised, alongside the multifaceted nature of competition. Different forms of public expenditure are then evaluated to identify the most productive forms of public spending and the drivers of long term economic development. This book questions the relationship between profits and rent and proposes a new kind of economic development based around human capital. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought, the political economy, and labour economics. Cosimo Perrotta is former Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University of Salento Salvatore Rizzello is Professor of Economics at the University of Salento. Claudia Sunna is Associate Professor of the History of Economic Thought at the University of Salento.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 11, 2023).
Added Author Rizzello, Salvatore, 1963- author.
Sunna, Claudia, author.
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3. The role of the state in economic development
4. Competition in Enlightenment economists
5. On the productiveness of welfare expenditures
6. Keynesian Policy Today: More Employment and More Human Capital
7. Investing in human capital.

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