Originally published in 1991. The post-war period witnessed massive changes in the nature and operation of the world economy. This "Atlas" examines those changes under the headings of population, agriculture, energy, industry, national income, transport, trade, labour and multinationals. Not an atlas in the conventional sense of the term, this work is a heavily illustrated combination of diagram and description. Its approach is broad and consists of a sequence of self-contained modules which can be read independently or as part of a wider whole. One of the most prominent themes to emerge is the enormous force and influence of the capitalist economic system based in the West; a host of economic indicators demonstrates vividly the remarkable producing and consuming power of the capitalist world. Many parts of the developing world are tied in to the web of capitalist relations, but many fail to benefit adequately, as the statistics on food supply and national income demonstrate.
Author(s): Michael Freeman
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Modern World Economy, 6
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: xvi+167
Atlas of the World Economy
Table of Contents
List of illustrations
List of plates
Foreword
Preface and acknowledgements
Introduction
Notes and references
1 Population
The world's growing millions
The regional dimension
Population by state
Population structure
Asian population
African population
European population
Population 'urban'
2 Agriculture
Food supply and population
The primary foodgrains
Cropped area, productivity, and food composition
Food supply and population in developing countries: the crisis in Africa
Food supply and population in developing countries: South and East Asia
Factors of production
Agriculture in the economy
The grain trade
3 Energy
Energy use
The rise of OPEC
The eclipse of OPEC power
The international oil trade
Coal
Natural gas
Alternative energy sources
Rich world, poor world
4 Industry
Manufacturing
Manufacturing exports
IndustriaI divisions
Iron
Steel
Motor-vehicle manufacture
The resource prospect
5 National income
Gross national product relative to population
Income distribution
Rates of growth in the developed world
Rates of growth in the developing world
The structure of production: agriculture
The structure of production: industry and services
Debt
Foreign aid
6 Transport and trade
Railways
Shipping
Seaborne trade
Motor vehicles
Air transport
World merchandise trade
7 Labour
The relations of labour
The structure of the labour force
The structure of the labour force: developing countries
Unemployment
Women
Migrant labour
Productivity
8 Multinationals
The nature and scale of foreign direct investment
The corporate giants
Foreign direct investment in the developing world
United Kingdom foreign direct investment
Japanese foreign direct investment
The service sector
References
