Human Development and the Path to Freedom

1870 to the Present

Leandro Prados de la Escosura (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)

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Cambridge University Press
28 July 2022

Series: New Approaches to Economic and Social History

How has human development evolved during the last 150 years of globalization and economic growth? How has human development been distributed across countries? How do developing countries compare to developed countries? Do social systems matter for wellbeing? Are there differences in the performance of developing regions over time? Employing a capabilities approach, Human Development and the Path to Freedom addresses these key questions in the context of modern economic growth and globalization from c.1870 to the present. Leandro Prados de la Escosura shows that health, access to knowledge, standards of living, and civil and political freedom can substitute for GDP per head as more accurate measures of our wellbeing.

By: Leandro Prados de la Escosura (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9781108708586
ISBN 10: 1108708587
Series: New Approaches to Economic and Social History
Pages: 250
Publication Date: 28 July 2022
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface; Introduction; Part I. An Aggregate View: 1. Augmented human development: What is it? How to measure it?; 2. Trends in human development; 3. World distribution of human development; Part II. The OECD and the Rest: 4. Human development in the OECD and the rest; 5. Human development in Latin America; 6. Human development in Africa; Postscript; Appendices.

Leandro Prados de la Escosura is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at Carlos III University. He is the author of Spanish Economic Growth, 1850–2015 (2017). He is the editor of Exceptionalism and Industrialisation: Britain and its European Rivals, 1688–1815 (2004) and former editor of the journal Revista de Historia Económica.

Reviews for Human Development and the Path to Freedom: 1870 to the Present

'A handy global comparative reference of essential characteristics of development beyond the GDP in the last 150 years for economic and social historians ... this book will benefit scholars and students for years to come.' Sakari Saaritsa, Economic History Association '... a go-to source for comprehensive overviews of trends in important measures of human and social development. ... Highly recommended.' D. Mitch, Choice 'Prados' work represents an enormous contribution to a new quantitative global history of development, which provides eye-opening data and explanations.' Markus Lamp, Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte