As Time Goes by: From the Industrial Revolutions to the Information Revolution
A Social Science, Economics, Nonfiction book. I think I read half of it, just skimming through the rest....
The Internet and mobile telephones have made everyone more aware than ever of the computer revolution and its effects on the economy and society. 'As Time Goes By' puts this revolution in the perspective of previous waves of technical change: steam-powered mechanization, electrification, and motorization. It argues for a theory of reasoned economic history which assigns a...
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- Pages: 432 pages
- ISBN: 9780199251056 / 199251053
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Freeman and Lourca present an overview of technological progress, a process they describe through Kondratiev Waves, repeating cycles of economic development based on some fundamental technology and its offshoots. From water power and iron in Britain, to the modern computer revolution, these fundamental technologies have drastically... I think I read half of it, just skimming through the rest. I didn't understand a lot but the five-factor model seems reasonable. Science, Technology, Economy, Politics, and Overall Cultureall interlinkedremain, as time goes by.