Economic Growth with Income and Wealth Distribution [Hardcover]

The book deals with economic issues related to income and wealth among individuals, regions and countries. It presents a general theory with endogenous capital, knowledge and preference changes for an economic system with heterogeneous households, multiple sectors, multiple regions and multiple countries.Growth and Distribution One-Sector Growth (OSG) Economies with Capital Accumulation Growth with Human Capital and Knowledge Growth with Heterogeneous Households Multi-Sector Growth Economies Multiple Sectors and Heterogeneous Households Multi-Region Growth Economies Multi-Country Growth Economies Endless ComplexityWEI-BIN ZHANG is Professor of Economics at the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan. He previously worked as a researcher at the Swedish Institute for Futures Studies and taught at the National University of Singapore. His research fields include nonlinear dynamics, growth theory and spatial economics. He has published more than 100 academic articles and 15 books.