1st Edition
Technological Foundations of Cyclical Economic Growth The Case of the United States Economy
By Nathan Edmonson
Copyright 2009
369 Pages
by
Routledge
370 Pages
by
Routledge
369 Pages
by
Routledge
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New technology is intimately associated with increased economic growth. The tools people have and when they acquired them tells us much about cyclical patterns of growth. Those interested in encouraging economic growth would do well to look to the conditions that spur the origins, development, and impact of technology - as well as the circumstances that spur prolific periods of invention, the... Read more
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,
Biography
Nathan Edmonson
