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Period
Growth Rate
(per year)
J apan
1890-1997
$1,196
$23,400
2.82%
Brazil
1900-1990
619
6,240
2.41
Mexico
1900-1997
922
8,120
2.27
Germany
1870-1997
1,738
21,300
1.99
Canada
1870-1997
1,890
21,860
1,95
China
1900-1997
570
3,570
1.91
Argentina
1900-1997
1,824
9,950
1.76
United States
1870-1997
3,188
28,740
1.75
Indonesia
1900-1997
708
3,450
1.65
United Kingdom
1870-1997
3,826
20,520
1.33
India
1900-1997
537
1,950
1.34
Pakistan
1900-1997
587
1,590
1.03
Bangladesh
1900-1997
495
1,050
0.78
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Physical Capital
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Human Capital
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Natural Resources
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Natural Resources
Natural resources can be important
but are not necessary for an economy
to be highly productive in producing
goods and services.
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Technological Knowledge
Technological knowledge is the
understanding of the best ways to
produce goods and services.
Human capital refers to the resources
expended transmitting this
understanding to the labor force.
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Y/ L = A F(1, K/ L, H/ L, N/ L)
Where:
Y/L = output per worker
K/L = physical capital per worker
H/L = human capital per worker
N/L = natural resources per worker
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Foreign
Portfolio Investment
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Education
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Education
An educated person might generate new
ideas about how best to produce goods
and services, which in turn, might enter
societys pool of knowledge and provide
an external benefit to others.
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Education
One problem facing some poor
countries is the brain drain--the
emigration of many of the most highly
educated workers to rich countries.
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Free Trade
Trade is, in some ways, a type of
technology.
A country that eliminates trade
restrictions will experience the same
kind of economic growth that would
occur after a major technological
advance.
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Free Trade
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Summary
Economic prosperity, as measured by real
GDP per person, varies substantially
around the world.
The average income of the worlds richest
countries is more than ten times that in the
worlds poorest countries.
The standard of living in an economy
depends on the economys ability to
produce goods and services.
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Summary
Productivity depends on the amounts of
physical capital, human capital, natural
resources, and technological knowledge
available to workers.
Government policies can influence the
economys growth rate in many
different ways.
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Summary
The accumulation of capital is subject to
diminishing returns.
Because of diminishing returns, higher
saving leads to a higher growth for a
period of time, but growth will eventually
slow down.
Also because of diminishing returns, the
return to capital is especially high in poor
countries.
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Graphical
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