Technological Foundations of Cyclical Economic Growth: The Case of the United States Economy

ISBN-13: 9781138515253 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 369 str.

Nathan Edmonson

Opis

New technology is intimately associated with increased economic growth

Spis treści

Preface, Introduction, 1. Basic Concepts, 2. The Nineteenth Century’s Legacy: Invention and Discovery to 1910, 3. Innovation and Prosperity: 1900-1930, 4. Technology and Depression, 5. Materials: Enablers in the Twentieth Century, 6. Government Fostering of Invention/Innovation after 1940, 7. Government Regulation and Technology, 8. Computers and Other Electronics, 9. Light, 10. Medical and Related Technology, 11. On Technology and the Postwar Economy, 12. Technologies that Develop Slowly, 13. On Invention and Innovation, 14. On Choice among New Technologies, 15. Conclusions and Policy Implications, Bibliography, Index,

O autorze

Nathan Edmonson