The times they are a-changin' -- It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that' -- When father knew best -- The deluge -- Brains not brawn -- The wall -- The road less traveled -- Not your father's university -- Won't get fooled again?

This paper explores the relationship between knowledge creation, entrepreneur-ship, and economic growth in the United States over the last 150 years. Accor-ding to the "new growth theory," investments in knowledge and human capital ge-nerate economic growth via spillovers of knowledge. But the...

This paper explores the relationship between knowledge creation, entrepreneurship, and economic growth in the United States over the last 150 years. According to the "new growth theory", investments in knowledge and human capital generate economic growth via spillovers of knowledge. But the...