TY - BOOK AU - Mills,John TI - Managing the world economy SN - 9781403912084 AV - HD87 .M553 2000 U1 - 338.9 PY - 2003/// CY - [Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan, St. Martin's Press] KW - Economic policy KW - Economic development KW - Economic history N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-252)and index N2 - The book, while recognizing how much has been achieved since the start of the industrial revolution, challenges the view that much better results could not have been attained. It argues that with more appropriate policies, but without undue risks with inflation, economic growth could have been much higher and the use of human resources much more effective than they have been. The outcome would have been higher standards of living, lower population pressures and far more containable environmental problems -- (Back Cover) UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/hol057/00042239.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hol051/00042239.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/hol051/00042239.html ER -