Immiserizing Growth: When Growth Fails the Poor

by Richard Sandbrook

Immiserizing growth occurs when growth fails to benefit, or harms, those at the bottom. It is not a new concept, appearing in some of the towering figures of the classical tradition of political economy including Malthus, Ricardo, and Marx. It is also not empirically insignificant, occurring in between 10% and 35% of cases. In spite of this, it has not received its due attention in the academic literature, dominated by the prevailing narrative that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198832311
• ISBN13: 9780198832317
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"