Atlas of the World Economy

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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. 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