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020 _a9781785277146 (ebook)
020 _z9781785277139 (hardback)
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_cUkCbUP
050 4 _aHC79.T4
_bE64 2021
082 0 4 _a338.064
_223
100 1 _aEndresen, Sylvi B.,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aTechnological retrogression :
_ba schumpeterian interpretation of modernization in reverse /
_cSylvi B. Endresen ; foreword by Erik S. Reinert.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bAnthem Press,
_c2021.
300 _a1 online resource (xxi, 229 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 18 Jun 2021).
520 _aThe aim of this book is to broaden our understanding of technological change by adopting the concept of technological retrogression. With reference to concrete cases of technological retrogression a new conceptual framework is developed. The book's exposition aims at contrasting retrogressive economic dynamics of technological change to progressive dynamics as developed by Schumpeter. At one extreme in the dimension of technological change, capital-strong production units innovate their way out of the recession through technological progress, adopting more advanced production equipment that improves productivity. Following Schumpeterian progressive dynamics, virtuous spirals of growth result. At the other end we find the producers that resort to technological retrogression, which secures survival, but which result in low labour productivity, diminishing the possibility of capital accumulation and thus modernization that could form an escape from poverty. Vicious spirals of decline result, which is the book's main object of analysis. The theory is, thus, a contribution to understanding the anatomy of recessions.
650 0 _aTechnological innovations
_xEconomic aspects.
600 1 0 _aSchumpeter, Joseph A.,
_d1883-1950.
650 0 _aSustainable development.
650 0 _aRecessions.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9781785277139
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781785277146/type/BOOK
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