The gifts of Athena: historical origins of the knowledge economy

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Abstract

Preface xi Chapter 1: Technology and the Problem of Human Knowledge 1 Chapter 2: The Industrial Enlightenment: The Taproot of Economic Progress 28 Chapter 3: the Industrial Revolution and Beyond 78 Chapter 4: Technology and the Factory System 119 Chapter 5: Knowledge, Health, and th Household 163 Chapter 6: the Political Economy of Knowledge: Innovation and Resistance in Economic History 218 Chapter 7: Institutions, Knowledge, and Economic Growth 284 References 299 Index 339

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Economic, financial, and policy analysis

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Decent work and economic growth

Publication Details

Published in: Choice Reviews Online

Volume 40, Issue 08, pp. 40-4732

DOI: 10.5860/choice.40-4732

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