Download or read book Macrofoundations of Political Economy and Development written by D. Goalstone and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-06-08 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author builds two macro foundations which lead to an understanding of the economic conditions a society must satisfy in order to exist, survive, and develop. Social subsistence is used as the entry point and fundamental principle, while both production and distribution survival conditions are formulated.