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On 24 april 2010, angus maddison, emeritus professor at the faculty of economics, university of groningen, and cofounder of the groningen growth and development centre, passed away in paris at the age of 83 years old. The world economy brings together two reference works by angus maddison. Part 2 covers the development of macroeconomic tools of analysis. Angus maddison 6 december 1926 24 april 2010 was a noted british economist specialising in quantitative macro economic history, including the measurement and analysis of economic growth and development. In the present text we establish that the great war is not the first war of.
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