Economic transformations
Subtitle: general purpose technologies and sustained economic growth
By: Richard G. Lipsey, Kenneth I. Carlaw, Clifford Bekar.
Contributors: Carlaw, Kenneth.; Bekar, Clifford.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 595
Subjects: Technological innovations -- Economic aspects -- History; Industrial revolution; Economic development -- History
Description: "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.