{"product_id":"shocking-contrasts-political-responses-to-exogenous-supply-shocks-hardback-9781316510704","title":"Shocking Contrasts; Political Responses to Exogenous Supply Shocks (Hardback) 9781316510704","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eShocking Contrasts\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolitical Responses to Exogenous Supply Shocks\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow do plagues, blockades, and world-changing innovations change social and political institutions in some, but not all, societies?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRonald L. Rogowski (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781316510704, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 17 August 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e225 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the fourteenth century, the Black Death killed as much as two thirds of Europe's population; in the fifteenth, the introduction of moveable-type printing rapidly expanded Europe's supply of human capital; between 1850 and 1914, Russia's population almost tripled; and in World War I, the British blockade starved some 800,000 Germans. Each of these, Shocking Contrasts argues, amounted to an unanticipated shock, positive or negative, to the supply of a crucial factor of production; and elicited one of four main responses: factor substitution; factor movement to a different sector or region; technological innovation; or political action, sometimes extending to coercion at home or conquest abroad. This book examines parsimonious models of factor returns, relative costs, and technological innovation. It offers a framework for understanding the role of supply shocks in major political conflicts and argues that its implications extend far beyond these specific cases to any period of human history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface and acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e 1. How supply shocks arise and why political responses to them vary\u003cbr\u003e 2. Who adjusts to a supply shock and who resists it: three determining factors\u003cbr\u003e 3. Why a technological solution does, or does not, emerge\u003cbr\u003e 4. Exogenous loss of labor: the black death in fourteenth century Europe\u003cbr\u003e 5. Exogenous gain of labor: railroads, reproduction and revolution: the Russian population explosion between 1850 and 1914\u003cbr\u003e 6. Exogenous loss of land: blockade, hunger and the Nazi pursuit of Lebensraum\u003cbr\u003e 7. Exogenous increase of human capital: French Huguenots in German cities and principalities, 1685-1715\u003cbr\u003e 8. When the endogenous becomes exogenous: the printing press as a multiplier of human capital\u003cbr\u003e 9. Conclusion: the role of other factors, including institutions, ideas and human agency.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46294255763736,"sku":"9781316510704","price":27.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781316510704i_0dc65bd8-fcb3-4ef4-9dd7-764a5273882c.jpg?v=1696681562","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/shocking-contrasts-political-responses-to-exogenous-supply-shocks-hardback-9781316510704","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}