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  2. Kaldor's growth model - Wikipedia

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    According to Kaldor, “The purpose of a theory of economic growth is to show the nature of non-economic variables which ultimately determine the rate at which the general level of production of the economy is growing, and thereby contribute to an understanding of the question of why some societies grow so much faster than others.” [2] [1]

  3. McDonaldization - Wikipedia

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    With these four principles of the fast food industry, a strategy which is rational within a narrow scope can lead to outcomes that are harmful or irrational. As these processes spread to other parts of society, modern society's new social and cultural characteristics are created.

  4. Rostow's stages of growth - Wikipedia

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    Rostow's model is descendent from the liberal school of economics, emphasizing the efficacy of modern concepts of free trade and the ideas of Adam Smith.It also denies Friedrich List’s argument that countries reliant on exporting raw materials may get “locked in”, and be unable to diversify, in that Rostow's model states that countries may need to depend on a few raw material exports to ...

  5. George Ritzer - Wikipedia

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    He describes this as the process by which the principles of the fast food restaurants are coming to dominate more and more sectors of society in the United States as well as the rest of the world. George Ritzer is most well known for The McDonaldization of Society, which has five different editions and has sold over 175,000 copies as of 2007. [45]

  6. Growth model - Wikipedia

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    Growth model can refer to: Population dynamics in demography; Economic growth; Solow–Swan model in macroeconomics; Fei-Ranis model of economic growth; Endogenous growth theory; Kaldor's growth model; Harrod-Domar model; W.A Lewis growth model; Rostow's stages of growth

  7. History of macroeconomic thought - Wikipedia

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    A third set, referred to as the "neoclassical revival", expanded the definition of capital in exogenous growth theory to include human capital. [179] This strain of research began with Mankiw, Romer, and Weil (1992), [ac] which showed that 78% of the cross-country variance in growth could be explained by a Solow model augmented with human ...

  8. Food truck - Wikipedia

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    A food truck is a large motorized vehicle (such as a van or multi-stop truck) or trailer equipped to store, transport, cook, prepare, serve and/or sell food. [1] [2]Some food trucks, such as ice cream trucks, sell frozen or prepackaged food, but many have on-board kitchens and prepare food from scratch, or they reheat food that was previously prepared in a brick and mortar commercial kitchen.

  9. Fordism - Wikipedia

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    It is used in social, economic, and management theory about production, working conditions, consumption, and related phenomena, especially regarding the 20th century. [1] It describes an ideology of advanced capitalism centered around the American socioeconomic systems in place in the post-war economic boom.