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The Future of Economic Growth: As New Becomes Old (The Saint-Gobain Centre for Economic Studies Series) by Robert Boyer; Robert Solow is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Future of Economic Growth: As New Becomes Old (The Saint-Gobain Centre for Economic Studies Series) about?

In this book, Robert Boyer follows the origins, course and collapse of the 'new economy' and proposes a new interpretation of US dynamism during the 1990s. He argues that the diffusion of information and communication technologies is only part of a story that also requires understanding of the transformation of the financial system, the reorganization of the management of firms and the emergence of a new policy mix. The book includes a long-term retrospective analysis of technological innovation, and an international comparison of OECD countries delivers an unconventional and critical assessment of the hope and the hype of the 'new economy'. The book proposes that the US way is not necessarily the only efficient one, as demonstrated by the experience of the Nordic countries, which manage to combine economic efficiency with social justice. The author argues that European economies would do well to take note and to explore a promising growth regime for the twenty-first century, one built upon health, education, training and leisure, this comprising the 'anthropogenetic model'. The Future of Economic Growth is a challenging and thought-provoking book, and as such will be of interest t

Author

Robert Boyer; Robert Solow

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9781843769712

Subjects

Business, Political Science, History