[Kuznets (1973)] Modern Economic Growth _ Findings and Reflections英文资料.pdf

American Economic Association Modern Economic Growth: Findings and Reflections Author(s): Simon Kuznets Reviewed work(s): Source: The American Economic Review, Vol. 63, No. 3 (Jun., 1973), pp. 247-258 Published by: American Economic Association Stable URL: /stable/1914358 . Accessed: 14/02/2013 18:54 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. . American Economic Association is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to The American Economic Review. This content downloaded on Thu, 14 Feb 2013 18:54:59 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Modern Economic Growth: Findings and Reflections By SIMON KUZNETS* I. Definitions cite examples from modern economic A country's economic growth may be de- growth: steam and electric power and the fined as a long-term rise in capacity to sup- large-scale plants needed to exploit them ply increasingly diverse economic goods to are not compatible with family enterprise, its population, this growing capacity based illiteracy, or slavery all of which pre- on advancing technology and the institu- vailed in e