Innovation, Knowledge and Growth: Adam Smith, Schumpeter and the Moderns

by Heinz D. Kurz

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781136583575
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/01/2013
Series:	Routledge Studies in the History of Economics
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	208
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Kurz, Heinz D.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Joseph A. Schumpeter – An Economist between Marx and Walras 3. Innovations and Profits. Schumpeter and the Classical Heritage 4. On the Growth of Knowledge about the Role of Knowledge in Economic Growth. A Critical Assessment of Recent Literature on Growth Theory 5. Whither the History of Economic Thought? Going Slowly Rather Nowhere? 6. Shorter papers: Capital, Classical Economics, Physiocracy, Quesnay, Ricardo, Ricardian Vice, Sraffa, Turgot, Wicksell Effects

Editorial Reviews

"In this collection of theoretically refined and deeply thoughtful essays, Heinz Kurz considers the themes of knowledge and innovation in relation to economic growth, casting great light on the state of contemporary theorizing of these issues – not least, by contrasting modern approaches with those of the classical economists. In a set of concise and elegant subsidiary essays in this volume the analytical character of classical economics is further, and brilliantly, clarified. It should be essential reading for anyone interested in the causes of growth, particularly in relation to the role of innovation, and for those interested in the history of growth theory. Those who perceive themselves as engaged in ‘neo-Schumpeterian’ research programs will have much to learn from this collection." - Tony Aspromourgos, University of Sydney, Australia

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