American Economic Catch-up History

Author: Han Yi, Zhang Bing
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: This book primarily examines the historical process in which the United States, as a latecomer to capitalism, successfully overtook advanced countries economically. It explores the major issues involved in this catch-up process, summarizes the special experiences and general laws of economic catch-up, and provides historical lessons and references for developing countries worldwide today to implement economic catch-up. The book divides the U.S. economic catch-up journey into three stages: initiation, acceleration, and completion. On this basis, it systematically and deeply elaborates on the specific processes, content, and characteristics of the U.S. economic catch-up in each stage, evaluates the effects and impacts of the catch-up in each stage, and also conducts in-depth research on major issues involved in the U.S. economic catch-up process. These issues include the determination of catch-up goals, the selection of catch-up strategies, the policies and measures of catch-up, the role of the government in catch-up, and the interaction and influence of political, economic, and cultural factors during the catch-up process.