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Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress

Door Joseph E. Stiglitz e.a.

Categorie	Economie & Management
Boeknummer	#349183-VE41
Titel	Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress
Auteur	Stiglitz, Joseph E. & Greenwald, Bruce
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	New York : Columbia University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2014
ISBN10	0231152140
ISBN13	9780231152143
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black cloth, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, 8vo.
Samenvatting	It has long been recognized that most standard of living increases are associated with advances in technology, not the accumulation of capital. Yet it has also become clear that what truly separates developed from less developed countries is not just a gap in resources or output but a gap in knowledge. In fact, the pace at which developing countries grow is largely determined by the pace at which they close that gap. Therefore, how countries learn and become more productive is key to understanding how they grow and develop, especially over the long term. In Creating a Learning Society, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce C. Greenwald spell out the implications of this insight for both economic theory and policy. Taking as a starting point Kenneth J. Arrows 1962 paper Learning by Doing, they expla... (Lees verder)in why the production of knowledge differs from that of other goods and why market economies alone are typically not efficient in the production and transmission of knowledge. Closing knowledge gaps, or helping laggards learn, is central to growth and development.
Pagina's	660
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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