Structural instability and alternative development scenarios

摘要: Many past societies grew and flourished for several generations, some many centuries, prior to experiencing calamities that lowered wealth and/or productivity below “critical levels.” In cases, a collapse occurred; in others, the population reductions caused by emigration, plague, or warfare not only extended societies’ survival but induced growth resurgence. These varied historical development scenarios are captured using comparative dynamic analysis of structurally unstable variations Solow–Swan model. results would seem be relevant understanding possibilities contemporary world.