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Figure 5.5 - U.S. Measured Economic Growth: Real GDP per Worker 1995 Prices,
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Looking Back into Deep Time
• Up until 1500, there had been almost zero growth of output per worker
Questions
• What policies can make economic growth faster?
• What are the prospects for successful and rapid economic development in tomorrow’s world?
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The Demographic Transition
• As material standards of living rise far above subsistence, countries undergo a demographic transition
• Why are some nations so (relatively) rich and other nations so (relatively) poor?