Index

Absolute advantage, international trade, 68–69

Absolute convergence hypothesis, 47

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), 169

AIDS. See Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

American labor markets, 112–115

Anglo-Dutch War, 11

Avian Influenza, 169

Balance of trade, 2

Bang for the buck, 43

Big-push model, economic development, 100–103

Bilateral trade, 151

Bird Flu. See Avian Influenza

Black Death, 4, 5

Bretton Woods system, 177, 178

British cotton industry, 13–14

British industrial revolution, 19–21

Business opportunities, 53–55

Canton system, breakdown of, 16–18

CAP. See Common agricultural policy

Capital-abundant country, 76–78

Capital-deepening, 45

Capital-to-labor ratios, 46, 47

Cassa del Mezzogiorno program, 104

Centralized economic ...

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