Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- The planning machine -- Bound capitalism -- The four horsemen of capitalist decline -- 2 WHEN CAPITALISM BECAME MIDDLE-AGED -- The bridges to Maddison...

This book examines the nature of the process of technological change in different sectors of various countries, analyzing the impact of innovation as well as research and development activities on different outcomes in different fields and assessing the design and impact of policies aimed at...