Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g
Buch, Englisch, 206 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 346 g
ISBN: 978-0-521-02976-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
This book is a theoretical investigation of the influence of human learning on the development through time of a 'pure labour' economy. The theory proposed is a simple one, but aims to grasp the essential features of all industrial economies. Economists have long known that two basic phenomena lie at the root of long-term economic movements in industrial societies: capital accumulation and technical progress. Attention has been concentrated on the former. In this book, by contrast, technical progress is assigned the central role. Within a multi-sector framework, the author examines the structural dynamics of prices, production and employment (implied by differentiated rates of productivity growth and expansion of demand) against a background of 'natural' relations. He also considers a number of institutional problems. Institutional and social learning, know-how, and the diffusion of knowledge emerge as the decisive factors accounting for the success and failure of industrial societies.
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Preface; Acknowledgements; List of symbols; 1. Economic theory and the neglect of structural change; 2. A pure labour production economy; 3. Proportional dynamics; 4. Structural dynamics; 5. The evolving structure and level of prices; 6. Consumption, savings, rate of interest and inter-temporal distribution of income; 7. On the evolving structure of long-term development; 8. From the 'actual' towards the 'natural' economic system - the rôle of institutions; 9. Boundedness of economic systems, and international economic relations; References; Index.
