Comparative Political Economy: A Retrospective

by Charles P. Kindleberger

Book Overview

Charles P. Kindleberger's rich and distinguised career has spanned nearly six decades. The essays collected here reflect the author's shift in interests from foreign exchange to international trade, economic growth, and economic history, especially financial history. They also contain dollops of sociology and political science. Kindleberger views himself as a historical economist who tests economic propositions against the historical record in more...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262112469
• ISBN13: 9780262112468
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 2.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher