Endogenous Growth in Historical Perspective

Ramesh Chandra received his PhD in Economics from the University of Strathclyde, UK, and studied economics at the Delhi School of Economics, University of California (Berkeley) and University of Glasgow. He has held professorships at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration and Indian Council of Research on International Economic Relations, India, among others. His research interests include trade policy and growth, the relationship between economic thought and development economics, and the history of economic thought. He has published extensively including a book Allyn Abbott Young.

• 1.Endogenous Growth: Introduction.- 2. Adam Smith and Economic Progress.- 3. Alfred Marshall on Organic Growth.- 4. Allyn Young on Increasing Returns.- 5. Nicholas Kaldor on Equilibrium Economics and Economic Growth.- 6. Lauchlin Currie and the Leading-Sector Model of Growth.- 7. Paul Rosenstein-Rodan and the Post-War Development Model.- 8. Paul Krugman, New Trade Theory and New Economic Geography.- 9. Paul Romer and Modern Endogenous Growth Theory.- 10. Endogenous Growth: Concluding Remarks and Policy Conclusions.