Informational society : an economic theory of discovery, invention, and innovation /

Society continually promotes and adjusts to technological change. While mainstream economic thought assumes tastes and technology as given, it has had little to say about how society has promoted and adjusted to technological change. The book presents a utopian design for society in the 21st century...

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Main Author: Norman, A. L. (Alfred L.)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : Kluwer Academic Publishers, [1993]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Society continually promotes and adjusts to technological change. While mainstream economic thought assumes tastes and technology as given, it has had little to say about how society has promoted and adjusted to technological change. The book presents a utopian design for society in the 21st century whose purpose is to promote discovery, invention and innovation, which have become the principal aspects of national state competition.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xi, 342 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0585320284
9780585320281