economy; social, cooperative, cultural, creative, ethical and intellectual capital; knowledge and innovation systems; policy …This fascinating Handbook defines how knowledge contributes to social and economic life, and vice versa. It considers … the five areas critical to acquiring a comprehensive understanding of the knowledge economy: the nature of the knowledge …

Why do societies benefit differently from knowledge? How exactly does social interaction interfere with knowledge … questions and others relating to the role and relevance of knowledge in economic analysis. By illuminating the philosophical … roots of the various notions of knowledge employed by economists, this Handbook helps to disentangle conceptual and …