Download or read book Dynamic Forces in Capitalist Development written by Angus Maddison and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1991 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the nature of growth in 16 advanced capitalist countries which together account for half of world GDP, using a standardized framework of comparative growth accounts. The author identifies the causal factors reponsible for the unprecedented growth in these countries since 1820.