The gifts of Athena: historical origins of the knowledge economy
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1. Verfasser: Mokyr, Joel (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Princeton N.J. Princeton University Press 2005
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Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-338) and index
Technology and the problem of human knowledge -- The industrial enlightenment : the taproot of economic progress -- The Industrial Revolution and beyond -- Technology and the factory system -- Knowledge, health, and the household -- The political economy of knowledge : innovation and resistance in economic history -- Institutions, knowledge, and economic growth
The growth of technological and scientific knowledge in the past two centuries has been the overriding dynamic element in the economic and social history of the world. Its result is now often called the knowledge economy. But what are the historical origins of this revolution and what have been its mechanisms? In The Gifts of Athena, Joel Mokyr constructs an original framework to analyze the concept of "useful" knowledge. He argues that the growth explosion in the modern West in the past two centuries was driven not just by the appearance of new technological ideas but also by the improved ac
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ISBN:9781400829439
1400829437
0691120137
9780691120133
0691094837
9780691094830

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