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The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United States marked the beginning of the study of our postindustrial information society. Austrian-born economist Fritz Machlup had focused his research on the patent system, but he came to realize that patents were simply one part of a much bigger "knowledge economy." He then expanded the scope of his work to evaluate everything from stationery and typewriters to advertising to presidential addresses--anything that involved the activity of telling anyone anything. The Production and Distribution of Knowledge in the United...

In einer Zeit, in der der Kapital- und Kreditmarkt mit Schwierigkeiten wie etwa der Subprimekrise zu kampfen hat, ist es wichtig, sich mit den theoretischen Fundamenten von Borsenkredit, Industriekredit und Kapitalbildung zu beschaftigen. Fritz Machlup geht in seinem 1931 geschriebenen Band ausfuhrlich auf den damaligen Stand der Wissenschaft von Kapitalmarkt, Geldbedarf und Konjunktur ein. Seine dreissig unpopularen Schlussfolgerungen" fur die Wirtschaftspolitik schliessen dieses nach wie vor interessante Buch ab."

Volume II of this ten-volume work, examines the parts of intellectual knowledge that have been considered worth teaching in institutions of higher learning. To judge what to teach, it was necessary to classify.

Originally published in 1982.

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With this first of eight volumes, the eminent economist Fritz Machlup launches his monumental inquiry into the production of knowledge as an economic activity. Volume I presents the conceptual framework for this inquiry and falls into three parts: Types of Knowledge, Qualities of Knowledge, and Knowledge as a Product.

Originally published in 1981.

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"Ein Buch, das dem Gebildeten aber nicht gerade nationalokonomisch Gebildeten auf wissenschaftlich einwandfreie Art eine Orientierung in der Wirtschaftspolitik ermoglicht, hat meines Wissens bisher gefehlt." Fritz Machlup prasentiert in diesem ursprunglich 1934 erschienenen Buch eindruckvoll die komplexen Zusammenhange von wirtschaftspolitischen Massnahmen und deren unmittelbare und mittelbare Konsequenzen. Zahlreiche Beispiele raumen mit weitverbreiteten Missverstandnissen auf und erlautern okonomische Gesetze in einer allgemeinverstandlichen Sprache. Viele Themen sind dabei auch heute...

Volume III examines in clear and elegant prose the roles of knowledge and information in economics. Part One analyzes the effects of new or uncertain information on market performance; examines the formation and revision of expectations; and provides a classification of literature and an extensive bibliography. Part Two discusses private and social valuations of education and training, the controversy over nature vs. nurture," the issue of "credentialism," and the depreciation of human capital.

Originally published in 1984.

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Fourteen leading economists analyze the problem of imbalance in international payments and suggest corrective measures. Three general appraisals by William Fellner, Fritz Machlup, and Robert Triffin are followed by shorter technical papers on special issues by Fellner, Gottfried Haberler, Sir Roy Harrod, Harry G. Johnson, Peter B. Kenen, Alexandre Lamfalussy, Friedrich A. Lutz, Machlup, Jurg Niehans, Walters S. Salant, Tibor Scitovsky, James Tobin, Triffin, and Robert L. West.

Originally published in 1966.

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Fourteen leading economists analyze the problem of imbalance in international payments and suggest corrective measures. Three general appraisals by William Fellner, Fritz Machlup, and Robert Triffin are followed by shorter technical papers on special issues by Fellner, Gottfried Haberler, Sir Roy Harrod, Harry G. Johnson, Peter B. Kenen, Alexandre Lamfalussy, Friedrich A. Lutz, Machlup, Jurg Niehans, Walters S. Salant, Tibor Scitovsky, James Tobin, Triffin, and Robert L. West.

Originally published in 1966.

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