Favorites of Fortune

, by Higonnet, Patrice; Landes, David S.; Rosovsky, Henry

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ISBN: 9780674295216 | 0674295218
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 10/1/1995

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A galaxy of distinguished international economists and historians pit economic history against the shaky assumptions of the classical economic theory of natural growth. Their explanations consider the factors of technology, entrepreneurialism, and paths to economic growth, but each reflects an ideological wave of explanation that has marked the last two hundred years.

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Introduction: On Technology and Growth
I. Technology
The Conquest of High Mortality and Hunger in Europe and America: Timing and Mechanisms
The Hero and the Herd in Technological History: Reflections on Thomas Edison and the Battle of the Systems
The ""Docile"" Body as an Economic-Industrial Growth Factor
The Choice of Technique: Entrepreneurial Decisions in the Nineteenth-Century European Cotton and Steel Industries
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