Review of world economic growth over 2000 years

Economic growth has attracted many economists because a small difference in growth rates can make a huge difference in prosperity in the long run. By looking at data on world economic growth over 2000 years, the following observations are made. Firstly, the world as a whole had been fairly poor unti...

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Main Author: Nguyễn Văn Phúc
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Language:Vietnamese
Published: TẠP CHÍ KHOA HỌC ĐẠI HỌC MỞ THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINH 2020-08-01
Series:Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kinh tế và Quản trị kinh doanh
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Online Access:https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/econ-vi/article/view/761
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description Economic growth has attracted many economists because a small difference in growth rates can make a huge difference in prosperity in the long run. By looking at data on world economic growth over 2000 years, the following observations are made. Firstly, the world as a whole had been fairly poor until recently. Rapid growth only took place in the last two hundred years. Secondly, a small difference in growth rates can make a huge difference in prosperity in the long run (e.g., Western Europe over the period 1000-1820). Thirdly, catching up between developing countries and rich countries is very difficult. In the last 200 years, since 1820, the ranking of prosperity by regions has not changed, except for Japan. Most countries have lagged further behind the West. Fourth, rapid economic growth over the long run is rather difficult. Only a few countries could manage to achieve the growth rate of per capita GDP over 4.0% per year for continuous 40-50 years. For Vietnam, the implication is that Vietnam should not push for rapid economic growth at all costs. The more important thing is stable economic growth for the long run rather than short-run fast economic growth.
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spelling doaj.art-3a2f3224d7154886802ddc3e11f4fefc2022-12-21T23:30:52ZvieTẠP CHÍ KHOA HỌC ĐẠI HỌC MỞ THÀNH PHỐ HỒ CHÍ MINHTạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kinh tế và Quản trị kinh doanh2734-93062734-95782020-08-0191313635Review of world economic growth over 2000 yearsNguyễn Văn Phúc0Trường Đại học Mở TP.HCMEconomic growth has attracted many economists because a small difference in growth rates can make a huge difference in prosperity in the long run. By looking at data on world economic growth over 2000 years, the following observations are made. Firstly, the world as a whole had been fairly poor until recently. Rapid growth only took place in the last two hundred years. Secondly, a small difference in growth rates can make a huge difference in prosperity in the long run (e.g., Western Europe over the period 1000-1820). Thirdly, catching up between developing countries and rich countries is very difficult. In the last 200 years, since 1820, the ranking of prosperity by regions has not changed, except for Japan. Most countries have lagged further behind the West. Fourth, rapid economic growth over the long run is rather difficult. Only a few countries could manage to achieve the growth rate of per capita GDP over 4.0% per year for continuous 40-50 years. For Vietnam, the implication is that Vietnam should not push for rapid economic growth at all costs. The more important thing is stable economic growth for the long run rather than short-run fast economic growth.https://journalofscience.ou.edu.vn/index.php/econ-vi/article/view/761tăng trưởng kinh tếkinh tế thế giớilịch sử kinh tế
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Review of world economic growth over 2000 years
Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Mở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh - Kinh tế và Quản trị kinh doanh
tăng trưởng kinh tế
kinh tế thế giới
lịch sử kinh tế
title Review of world economic growth over 2000 years
title_full Review of world economic growth over 2000 years
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title_short Review of world economic growth over 2000 years
title_sort review of world economic growth over 2000 years
topic tăng trưởng kinh tế
kinh tế thế giới
lịch sử kinh tế
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