Leonid Grinin & Andrey Akorotayev, Great Divergence and Great Convergence: A Global Perspective

Tony Harper ()
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Tony Harper: New Trier Collage, USA.

Journal of Economics and Political Economy, 2015, vol. 2, issue 3, 428-433

Abstract: he book, Great Divergence and Great Convergence: A Global Perspective, represents an insightful analysis of the processes associated with historical change, specifically those processes that have given rise to the current state of the world system. Uniquely, the authors suggest that continuity of process extends to both the Divergence and Convergence. Further, they suggest that the time depth of the origin of this process is much deeper than the traditional marker of the mid-17th Century and build a strong case for this assessment. Finally, Grinin and Korotayev make some predictions regarding the further effects of the process of convergence into the near future, predictions suggesting a significant reshuffling of world system organization and the rise of a global middle class.

Keywords: Global Perspective; Great Convergence; Great Divergence. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E01 F60 O47 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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