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1、AnEconomicTheoryoftheGrowthoftheWesternWorldAuthor(s):DouglassC.NorthandRobertPaulThomasSource:TheEconomicHistoryReview,NewSeries,Vol.23,No.1(Apr.,1970),pp.1-17Publishedby:BlackwellPublishingonbehalfoftheEconomicHistorySocietyStableURL:http://www.jstor.org/stable/2594560
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6、TheEconomicHistoryReview.http://www.jstor.orgTHEECONOMICHISTORYREVIEEWSECONDSERIES,VOLUMEXXIII,No.I,I970AnEconomicTheoryoftheGrowthoftheWesternWorld'BYDOUGLASSC.NORTHandROBERTPAULTHOMASTrNHEobjectofthisarticleistopresentanewexplanationfortheeconomicriseoftheWesternworld.
7、Whilethemodelpresentedbelowhasequallyradicalimplicationsforthestudyofcontemporaryeconomicgrowth,ourfocusisupontheeconomichistoryofthenationsthatcomprisetheNorthAtlanticnu-cleusbetweenII00andI8oo.Incapsuleformourexplanationisthatchangesinrelativeproductandfactorprices,ini
8、tiallyinducedbyMalthusianpopulationpressure,andchangesinthesizeofmarketsinducedasetoffundamentalinsti-t
