Economic Revolution: Song China & England-厦门大学金融系

Economic Revolution: Song China & England
主讲人 Ronald A. Edwards 简介 <div>Abstract: I claim that China during the Song Dynasty (960 &ndash; 1279 AD) (Song China</div> <div>hereafter) experienced the onset of an Economic Revolution, preceding England&rsquo;s by&nbsp;nearly a millennium. The concept of Economic Revolution is defined to include two&nbsp;types &ndash; one Premodern (non-science based) with a low growth rate of per capita&nbsp;product and one Modern (science-based) with a high growth rate of per capita product.&nbsp;It is argued that the Song China vs. England comparison is more relevant than other&nbsp;comparisons with England. Using both the Song China and England episodes, I&nbsp;introduce a new definition of the &ldquo;onset of an Economic Revolution&rdquo; that identifies&nbsp;preliminary social changes. I call this the Embryonic Stage and contend that it causes&nbsp;firm formation, household changes and an increase in the pace of technological&nbsp;innovation. I argue the Embryonic Stage more clearly identifies and dates the onset of</div> <div>an Economic Revolution. This has important implications for causal theories.</div>
时间 2015-03-13(星期五)16:30-18:00 地点 N303 经济楼/Economics Building
讲座语言 English 主办单位 WISE-SOE
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主讲人简介 <p>Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Tamkang University</p> <p>Homepage:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ronaldaedwards.com/">www.ronaldaedwards.com/</a></p> 期数 "WISE-SOE" 制度的经济学分析系列讲座2015春第1讲(总第2讲)
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