Books by Angus Maddison

This monograph explores the causes of the West's economic growth over the last 2,000 years and contrasts it with the economic history of the rest of the world.

Presenting a study of economic growth, this book compares and analyzes tic rates of economic advance in the twelve countries that comprise the industrial West. This book examines why the rate of economic development accelerated in continental Europe in the 1950's and whether this represented only a passing phase of recovery after World War II.

Analyzes the policies which enabled USSR and Japan to transform their economies and to catch up with the developed world. This book offers a comparative analysis of the growth experience of these two countries that aims to enlarge our knowledge of the development process.