Technology, Institutions, and Economic Growth

Richard R. Nelson

    Introduction

    Part I

    1. The Agenda for Growth Theory: A Different Point of View

    2. The Asian Miracle and Modern Growth Theory

    Part II

    3. Recent Evolutionary Theorizing about Economic Change

    4. On the Nature and Evolution of Human Know-how

    5. Making Sense of Institutions as a Factor Shaping Economic Performance

    Part III

    6. On the Uneven Evolution of Human Know-how

    7. Physical and Social Technologies and Their Evolution

    Part IV

    8. The Problem of Market Bias in Modern Capitalist Economies

    9. The Market Economy and the Scientific Commons

    References

    Index

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Richard R. Nelson is George Blumenthal Professor of International and Public Affairs, Business, and Law, Emeritus, at Columbia University.