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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457704703321

Titolo

Innovation, knowledge and growth : Adam Smith, Schumpeter and the moderns / / edited by Heinz D. Kurz

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

1-283-46186-2

9786613461865

1-136-58358-0

0-203-15683-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics ; ; 140

Altri autori (Persone)

KurzHeinz-Dieter

Disciplina

330.15/3

Soggetti

Classical school of economics

Economics - History

Economic development

Endogenous growth (Economics)

Technological innovations - Economic aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Innovation, Knowledge and Growth; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures and table; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Technical progress, capital accumulation and income distribution in Classical economics: Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Karl Marx; 3. Joseph A. Schumpeter: an economist between Marx and Walras; 4. Innovations and profits: Schumpeter and the Classical heritage; 5. On the growth of knowledge about the role of knowledge in economic growth: a critical assessment of recent literature on growth theory

6. Who is going to kiss Sleeping Beauty?: On the 'Classical' analytical origins and perspectives of input-output analysis7. Whither the history of economic thought?: Going nowhere rather slowly?; Notes; Author index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the prime movers of socio-economic development, innovations and technical change, their origins, forms



and effects. It contains a set of closely related chapters, some of which have been previously published as papers in scholarly journals