Great Convergence : Information Technology and the New Globalization /
by Baldwin, Richard.
Material type: BookPublisher: Harvard University Press, 2016Description: 330p : 2 halftones, 29 line illustrations, 41 graphs, 9 tables : 492gm.ISBN: 9780674660489 (hbk.) :; 067466048X (hbk.) :.Classification number: 330.9 BALSummary: From 1820 to 1990 the share of world income going to today's wealthy nations soared from 20% to 70%. That share has recently plummeted. Richard Baldwin shows how the combination of high tech with low wages propelled industrialization in developing nations, deindustrialization in developed nations, and a commodity supercycle that is petering out.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book - Adult Hardback | Southport Library | Adult Non-Fiction | 330.9 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 002939492X |
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From 1820 to 1990 the share of world income going to today's wealthy nations soared from 20% to 70%. That share has recently plummeted. Richard Baldwin shows how the combination of high tech with low wages propelled industrialization in developing nations, deindustrialization in developed nations, and a commodity supercycle that is petering out.
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