{"product_id":"shocking-contrasts-ronald-l-rogowski-9781316510704","title":"Shocking Contrasts: Political Responses to Exogenous Supply Shocks","description":"In 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ronald L. Rogowski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1316510700\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781316510704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 225\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 5.98w x 0.94d","brand":"Ronald L. Rogowski","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44254887837951,"sku":"9781316510704","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_96bd00d5-5f88-4ef5-ac33-dbfd05e745f6.jpg?v=1694614901","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shocking-contrasts-ronald-l-rogowski-9781316510704","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}