Ways of Thinking About Economic Growth: Papers from MED's Growth Seminar Series

Kenneth Carlaw, Brian Easton, Arthur Grimes, David Maré and Frederic Sautet ()
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Kenneth Carlaw: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of British Columbia and the Department of Economics, University of Waikato and UBC
Brian Easton: Economic and Social Trust of New Zealand
Frederic Sautet: Mercatus Centre, George Mason University

No 08/7, Occasional Papers from Ministry of Economic Development, New Zealand

Abstract: The Ministry of Economic Development ran a series of seminars about economic growth in 2004. One was an economic history of economic growth in New Zealand, three were on different and sometimes contradictory conceptual ways of thinking about economic growth – endogenous growth theory, Austrian economics, and structuralist-evolutionary theory of economic growth. The final seminar outlined the lessons from the previous four seminars and drew conclusions. The papers are non-technical and non-mathematical, and are designed for an audience with only limited knowledge of economics. This Occasional Paper brings the papers produced for the five seminars together as a resource for those interested in different ways of thinking about economic growth and development. It is intended as a companion to MED Occasional Paper 08/08.

Keywords: economic growth; economic development; productivity; innovation; entrepreneur; endogenous growth; Austrian economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B52 O31 O32 O38 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 65 pages
Date: 2008-09
Note: Editor: Roger Procter, Chief Economist, Ministry of Economic Development
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