Creating a learning society : a new approach to growth, development, and social progress / Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce Greenwald ; with commentary and contributions from Philippe Aghion, Kenneth J. Arrow, Robert M. Solow, and Michael Wood Ford.

By:

Stiglitz, Joseph E, 1943-

Contributor(s):

Greenwald, Bruce C. (Bruce Corman Norbert), 1946-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: First annual Kenneth J. Arrow lecture at Columbia University | Kenneth J. Arrow lecture SeriesPublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2014Description: xiv, 660 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780231152143 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231152140 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.3/2

LOC classification:

HQ 783 S855c 2014

Contents:

Creating a learning society: a new approach to growth, development, and social progress: basic concepts ; The learning revolution ; On the importance of learning ; a learning economy ; Creating a learning firm and a learning environment ; Market structure, Welfare, and learning ; The welfare economics of Schumpeterian Competition Part 2: Analytics ; Learning in a closed economy-the basic model ; A two-period, N-good model with endogenous labor supply ; Learning with monopolistic competition ; Long-term growth and innovation ; The infant-economy argument for protection: Trade policy in a learning environment Part 3: Policies for a learning society. The role of industrial and trade policy in creating a learning society ; Financial policy and creating a learning Society ; Macroeconomic and investment policies for a learning society ; Intellectual property ; Social transformation and the creation of a learning society ; Including remarks Part 4: Commentary and afterword. Introductory remarks for the First Annual Arrow Lecture, by Michael Woodford ; Further considerations, by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce C. Greenwald ; Commentary: The case for industrial policy, by Philippe Aghion ; Commentary, by Robert Solow ; Commentary, by Kenneth Arrow Afterword: Rethinking industrial policy, by Philippe Aghion Notes references Notes on contributors Index

Summary: "In Creating a Learning Society, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce C. Greenwald cast light on the significance of this insight for economic theory and policy. Taking as a starting point Kenneth J. Arrow's 1962 paper "Learning by Doing," they explain why the production of knowledge differs from that of other goods and why market economies alone typically do not produce and transmit knowledge efficiently. Closing knowledge gaps and helping laggards learn are central to growth and development. But creating a learning society is equally crucial if we are to sustain improved living standards in advanced countries."

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HQ 783 S855c 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000120172

Includes bibliographical references (pages 589-623) and index.

Creating a learning society: a new approach to growth, development, and social progress: basic concepts ; The learning revolution ; On the importance of learning ; a learning economy ; Creating a learning firm and a learning environment ; Market structure, Welfare, and learning ; The welfare economics of Schumpeterian Competition
Part 2: Analytics ; Learning in a closed economy-the basic model ; A two-period, N-good model with endogenous labor supply ; Learning with monopolistic competition ; Long-term growth and innovation ; The infant-economy argument for protection: Trade policy in a learning environment
Part 3: Policies for a learning society. The role of industrial and trade policy in creating a learning society ; Financial policy and creating a learning Society ; Macroeconomic and investment policies for a learning society ; Intellectual property ; Social transformation and the creation of a learning society ; Including remarks
Part 4: Commentary and afterword. Introductory remarks for the First Annual Arrow Lecture, by Michael Woodford ; Further considerations, by Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce C. Greenwald ; Commentary: The case for industrial policy, by Philippe Aghion ; Commentary, by Robert Solow ; Commentary, by Kenneth Arrow
Afterword: Rethinking industrial policy, by Philippe Aghion
Notes
references
Notes on contributors
Index

"In Creating a Learning Society, Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce C. Greenwald cast light on the significance of this insight for economic theory and policy. Taking as a starting point Kenneth J. Arrow's 1962 paper "Learning by Doing," they explain why the production of knowledge differs from that of other goods and why market economies alone typically do not produce and transmit knowledge efficiently. Closing knowledge gaps and helping laggards learn are central to growth and development. But creating a learning society is equally crucial if we are to sustain improved living standards in advanced countries."

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