Long-run Growth, Social Institutions and Living Standards

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Contents: Introduction Arrigo Opocher and Neri Salvadori 1. Does Economic Growth Ultimately Lead to a 'Noble Life'? A Comparative Analysis of the Predictions of Mill, Marshall and Keynes Arrigo Opocher 2. The Debate on Education Financing in the Classical Perspective Mario Pomini 3. The Role of the Public Sector in the Thought of Hyman Minsky Giuseppe Mastromatteo 4. Economic Progress and the Standard of Life: Notes on a Dynamic Approach to Needs and Consumption Davide Gualerzi 5. The Need for Standards in Students' Grading Valentino Dardanoni and Salvatore Modica 6. Education and Endogenous Growth in the Neoclassical Tradition Mario Pomini 7. Education and Poverty in a Solow Growth Model Thomas Bassetti 8. Child Mortality Decline, Inequality and Economic Growth Tamara Fioroni 9. Health Funding, Inequality and Economic Growth Davide Dottori 10. Education, Change in Consumer Preferences and Growth Renato Balducci 11. Unemployment in a System of Labour-managed Firms Bruno Jossa 12. Regulated Wage Economy and Taxation Systems: A Long-run Welfare and Growth Theoretical Analysis and a Policy Exercise Luciano Fanti and Luca Gori 13. Sustainable Development and Energy Trends Simone Borghesi and Alessandro Vercelli 14. Human Needs, Sustainable Development and Public Policy: Learning from K.W. Kapp (1910-1976) Tommaso Luzzati 15. Participatory Planning of Economic Development: The Co-evolution of Economic Theory and Policy Martina Pignatti Morano 16. Political and Economic Interaction: Income Distribution and Economic Growth Francesco Purificato Index