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Introduction: basic concepts of hyperinflation -- Monetary adventures before the 20th century -- The first wave of hyperinflation in the 20th century: Germany, Russia, and CEE countries in the 1920s -- The Second World War and the upsurge of hyperinflation in the 1940s -- War finance and its aftermath: China in the 1940s -- Hyperinflations in an "age of inflation" -- A wave of hyperinflation in transition economies -- World trend outliers: Zimbabwe and Venezuela in the 21st century -- Conclusion

This article analyses current attempts to interpret the factors underlying long-term economic growth, paying special attention to the Latin American case. It discusses both the interpretations whose advocates claim that geographic conditions have a decisive role in shaping the development process and those according to which colonization is seen as giving rise to an institutional framework ill-suited for development. The author - based on his own estimates - emphasizes the importance of market access and the effect of social fragmentation on the establishment of an efficient and credible institutional framework. The article concludes with a discussion of the impact of inequality on both the quality of institutions and the dynamics of growth. (CEPAL Rev/GIGA)

Europe in the world -- War and the state : government, knowledge, and society -- Struggles for dominance : land -- Struggles for dominance : sea -- Struggles for dominance : outside Europe -- The nature of conflict -- Limited and indecisive? -- The American War of Independence

Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1: 'I THOUGHT MEN LIKE THAT SHOT THEMSELVES' -- CHAPTER 2: …BUT THEY DIDN'T -- CHAPTER 3: AN END TO UNKNOWING -- CHAPTER 4: THE GREATEST MENACE FACING AUSTRALIA -- CHAPTER 5: THE PERSONAL BECOMES THE POLITICAL -- CHAPTER 6: THE PEARL IN THE OYSTER -- CHAPTER 7: IT WAS THE WORST OF TIMES, NEVER THE BEST OF TIMES -- CHAPTER 8: INTO THE NEW MILLENNIUM -- CHAPTER 9: JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE? -- Notes -- Index.

Front cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Foreword -- CHAPTER ONE: ". . . an innate ability . . ."? -- CHAPTER TWO: Word games -- CHAPTER THREE: "The most beautiful star in the heavens" -- CHAPTER FOUR: Ur-texts -- CHAPTER FIVE: A European dream -- CHAPTER SIX: Virtuosi -- CHAPTER SEVEN: The creation of the word -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The birth of ecology -- CHAPTER NINE: Measuring the forests -- CHAPTER TEN: Fossil, nuclear, solar -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: Translating 'sustainability' -- CHAPTER TWELVE: Earth politics I: new beginnings -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Earth politics II: moving on to the next level -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: What next? -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Bibliography -- Index