In some respects this is intended to be a revolutionary book, but in other respects it is very
traditional indeed. It is revolutionary in that we have developed a comprehensive analytical …

All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This
book integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, …

… North , as the thirtieth in our series of Occasional Papers, … In this paper Professor North devel
ops a framework for … This essay by Professor North , one of the preeminent thinkers in this …

I am going to talk to you about institutions and economic development and I am going to be
concerned with two issues. One of them is what makes dysfunctional economies or …

Economists have long maintained that a well-developed and functioning financial system is
a vital prerequisite to economic growth. Countries with robust banking sectors and securities …

1. El problema 19 ese modo, que se igualen las tasas de rendimiento. Entonces, cuan-do la
tasa de rendimiento obtenible invirtiendo el consumo sacri-ficado (es decir, el ahorro) en …

Geschichte geht uns an. Sie geht uns nicht nur deshalb an, weil wir aus der Vergangenheit
lernen konnen, sondern weil Gegenwart und Zukunft durch den Fortbestand der Institutionen …

This chapter is concerned with the economics of organization and management, a relatively
new area of study that seeks to analyze the internal structure and workings of economic …

CAPITOLO I?Un profilo del processo di cambiamento economico. Parte prima:
Comprendere il cambiamento economico. CAPITOLO II?L’incertezza in un mondo non-ergodico. …