Escaping Satiation: The Demand Side of Economic Growth by Ulrich Witt

By Ulrich Witt

the gathering of papers provided during this certain factor arose out of 2 occasions. the 1st was once the symposium "Escaping Satiation - expanding Product sort, choice switch and the call for part of monetary progress" which used to be held on the Max Planck Institute in Jena, Germany, in December 1997. The Fritz Thyssen starting place supplied monetary aid for this seminal symposium that is gratefully stated. Wilhelm Ruprecht used to be of significant assist in getting ready the symposium and that i wish to show my gratitude to hirn in this party. Many stimulating exchanges with hirn over the last few years whereas he used to be a learn affiliate on the Institute engaged on long-term adjustments in intake confident me of the relevance and significance of this challenge for figuring out modem financial progress. I additionally owe due to many folks who inspired me to move forward with the symposium, between them Stanley Metcalfe, Carl Christian von Weizsäcker, and in addition Ehud Zuscovitch, who died so without warning final year.

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