The article substantiates the hypothesis according to which economic crises, representing generally positive events, are destined not to correct market imperfections, but to prepare the conditions for transition to a qualitatively new generation of machines and technologies. Nanotechnology is...

It is a well known fact that a country or other becomes richer or poorer to a large extent depending on the character of the country’s international specialisation. For centuries, the world’s countries have permanently changed their specialisation type in order to obtain higher incomes and...