Easterlin, Richard A. <br/><br/>
Growth Triumphant :  The Twenty-First Century in Historical Perspective. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (217 pages) 
 - Economics, Cognition, and Society Series .
 - Economics, Cognition, and Society Series .
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Figures -- Preface -- 1. Historical Overview -- I. Modern Economic Growth -- 2. Revolution or Evolution? The Epoch of Modern Economic Growth -- 3. The International Impact of Modern Economic Growth -- 4. Modern Economic Growth and the National Economy -- 5. Why Isn't the Whole World Developed? Institutions and the Spread of Economic Growth -- II. Population Growth -- 6. The Nature and Causes of the Mortality Revolution -- 7. Malthus Revisited: The Economic Impact of Rapid Population Growth -- 8. The Fertility Transition: Its Nature and Causes -- 9. Secular Stagnation Resurrected: Population and the Economy in Developed Countries -- III. Implications for the Future -- 10. Does Satisfying Material Needs Increase Human Happiness? -- 11. The Next Century in Historical Perspective -- Appendix A: Major Economic Inventions -- Appendix B: Health Technology -- Notes -- References -- Index. 
<br/><br/> An economic historian and demographer considers what the world, freed from material need, will look like. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780472023554 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Economic development -- History.<br/>Economic forecasting.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HD75 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.9