This present paper focuses on the diffusion of wu-wei (an ancient Chinese concept of political economy) throughout Europe, between 1648 and 1848. It argues that at the core of this diffusion process were three major developments; firstly the importation and active transmission of wu-wei by the...

We use data on imports of computer equipment for a large sample of countries between 1970and 1990 to investigate the determinants of computer-technology adoption. We find strongevidence that computer adoption is associated with higher levels of human capital and withmanufacturing trade openness...