New Perspectives on Economic Growth and Technological Innovation

by F.M. Scherer

Book Overview

"A Brookings Institution Press and British-North American Committee publication

Two hundred years ago, the first Industrial Revolution sparked a dramatic acceleration in the quantity of goods and services available to the average citizen--a trend of steadily increasing real income per capita that continues to this day. Since that time, economists have struggled to develop systematic explanations for what caused the sudden, rapid increase, why...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815777957
• ISBN13: 9780815777953
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.1"