| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Frontiers in economic history |
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Frontiers in economic history.
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| Contents |
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part I. The Drive for Development -- Chapter 2. Enter local control -- Chapter 3. The force unleashed -- Part II. The Growth Mechanism -- Chapter 4. Hardware and software -- Chapter 5. Mechanization, automation and the labor market -- Chapter 6. Scale of operations -- Part III. The Great Leaps -- Chapter 7. Accelerating growth in the past -- Chapter 8. Accelerating growth in the future -- Part IV. Lessons for the Digital Era -- Chapter 9. Side eects of growth -- Chapter 10. Challenges of the digital era -- Chapter 11. Bracing for articial general intelligence |
| Summary |
What made it possible for the human species to conquer the world, build a global digital economy, and still want more? What drives technological progress and economic growth in the long run and on a global scale? And how will technological progress, economic growth, and the overall prosperity of human civilization unfold in the future? This book sheds new light on these big questions by incorporating findings from physics, anthropology, psychology, history, philosophy, and computer science in a brand-new theory of economic growth. Looking back across the millennia, it identifies five major technological revolutions which have transformed humankinds capacity to process energy and informationthe cognitive, agricultural, scientific, industrial, and digital revolutionsand characterizes the new avenues of economic development which they have opened while also exponentially accelerating growth |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 15, 2022) |
| Subject |
Economic development -- History
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Economic development
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783031071959 |
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3031071956 |
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