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Machine dreams : economics becomes a cyborg science
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ISBN: 0521775264 0521772834 110771348X 1107710693 0511613369 9780521775267 9780511613364 9780521772839 Year: 2002 Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge university press,

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This was the first cross-over book into the history of science written by an historian of economics. It shows how 'history of technology' can be integrated with the history of economic ideas. The analysis combines Cold War history with the history of postwar economics in America and later elsewhere, revealing that the Pax Americana had much to do with abstruse and formal doctrines such as linear programming and game theory. It links the literature on 'cyborg' to economics, an element missing in literature to date. The treatment further calls into question the idea that economics has been immune to postmodern currents, arguing that neoclassical economics has participated in the deconstruction of the integral 'self'. Finally, it argues for an alliance of computational and institutional themes, and challenges the widespread impression that there is nothing else besides American neoclassical economic theory left standing after the demise of Marxism.

Convergence of productivity : cross-national studies and historical evidence
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ISBN: 0195083903 019508389X 0199729409 1423738861 0195359267 1280443596 1601299397 9781423738862 9780195359268 9780195083903 9781280443596 9786610443598 6610443599 9780195083897 0197702694 Year: 1994 Publisher: New York (N.Y.): Oxford university press,

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This collection of original articles looks at the convergence hypothesis, which asserts that since the Second World War, industrial countries were growing increasingly homogeneous in terms of productivity, technology, and per capita incomes. The book examines patterns displayed by individual industries within countries as well as the aggregate economies, influences that underlie the process of convergence, and the role that convergence has played and promises to play in the future. Contributors include: Moses Abramovitz, Alice M. Amsden, Magnus Blomstrom, David Dollar, Takashi Hikino, Gregory Ingram, William Lazonick, Frank Lichtenberg, Robert E. Lipsey, Angus Maddison, Gavin Wright, and Mario Zejan.

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Economic order --- Economic production --- Industrial productivity --- Income --- Technological innovations --- Economic history --- Comparative economics --- History --- Congresses --- Economic aspects --- 338.31 --- 338 <09> --- Produktiviteit. Produktiviteitsmeting. Arbeidsproduktiviteit. Kapitaalsproduktiviteit. Bruto-opbrengsten. Economics of scale. Diminishing returns --(macroeconomisch) --- Economische geschiedenis --- Congresses. --- AA / International- internationaal --- 338.023 --- 305.3 --- 306.12 --- 380.23 --- Arbeidsproductiviteit. --- Econometrie van de productiefuncties en van het gebruik van de capaciteiten (Cobb-Douglas functie) Econometrie van de groei. --- Indexcijfers van de productie ven van het verbruik. Indexcijfers van de productiviteit. --- Vorming van internationale prijzen. Internationale gelijkheden en verschillen. Concurrentievermogen. --- Business & Economics --- Economic History --- 338 <09> Economische geschiedenis --- 338.31 Produktiviteit. Produktiviteitsmeting. Arbeidsproduktiviteit. Kapitaalsproduktiviteit. Bruto-opbrengsten. Economics of scale. Diminishing returns --(macroeconomisch) --- Breakthroughs, Technological --- Innovations, Industrial --- Innovations, Technological --- Technical innovations --- Technological breakthroughs --- Technological change --- Family income --- Fortunes --- Household income --- Personal income --- Productivity, Industrial --- TFP (Total factor productivity) --- Total factor productivity --- Creative ability in technology --- Inventions --- Domestication of technology --- Innovation relay centers --- Research, Industrial --- Technology transfer --- Industrial efficiency --- Production (Economic theory) --- Economics --- Finance --- Property --- Wealth --- Gross national product --- Profit --- Purchasing power --- History&delete& --- Economic aspects&delete& --- Econometrie van de productiefuncties en van het gebruik van de capaciteiten (Cobb-Douglas functie) Econometrie van de groei --- Indexcijfers van de productie ven van het verbruik. Indexcijfers van de productiviteit --- Arbeidsproductiviteit --- Vorming van internationale prijzen. Internationale gelijkheden en verschillen. Concurrentievermogen --- 20th century --- 1945 --- -Congresses --- Industrial productivity - History - 20th century - Congresses. --- Income - History - 20th century - Congresses. --- Technological innovations - Economic aspects - History - 20th century - Congresses. --- Economic history - 1945- - Congresses. --- Comparative economics - Congresses. --- Industrial productivity - History - 20th century - Congresses --- Income - History - 20th century - Congresses --- Technological innovations - Economic aspects - History - 20th century - Congresses --- Economic history - 1945- - Congresses --- Comparative economics - Congresses

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