Economic transformations : general purpose technologies and long-term economic growth / Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw, Clifford T. Bekar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipsey, Richard G., 1928- author.

Carlaw, Kenneth, author.

Bekar, Clifford, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic development.

Technological innovations--Economic aspects.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 595 p. ) ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the long term economic growth that has raised the West's material living standards to levels undreamed of by counterparts in any previous time or place. The authors argue that this growth has been driven by technological revolutions that have periodically transformed the West's economic, social and political landscape over the last 10,000 years and allowed the West to become, until recently, the world's only dominant technological force. Unique in the diversity of the analytical techniques used, the book begins with a discussion of the causes and consequences of economic growth and technological change. The authors argue that long term economic growth is largely driven by pervasive technologies now known as General Purpose (GPTs).

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

1-383-04307-8

1-280-75801-5

0-19-155809-5

1-4237-6798-5

OCLC:

1410955574