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Introduction to Economic Growth is the only text to synthesize the journal literature in a way that makes this important field accessible to undergraduates. Charles I. Jones and new co-author Dietrich Vollrath have updated and revised the text to reflect recent advances in Economic... Read Full Overview

Designed for advanced undergraduates, this text discusses economic growth, how economists have come to understand the growth of countries, how the poor are poor, and how fast rich and poor countries grow. The major theories of economic growth are then presented.

Selective in coverage and moderate in level, this textbook provides an examination of economic growth. Topics range from Robert Solow's New Growth theory to models of growth and development.