Knowledge and Intelligence as Factors of Production

Last update: 08 Dec 2024 00:51
First version: 20 August 2007

Yet Another Inadequate Placeholder

(I'm distinguishing this from Hayek-style arguments about the use of information in the price/market system, and its alternatives in terms of centralized knowledge and planning.)

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Robert Solow, Learning from "Learning by Doing": Lessons for Economic Growth

Gar Alperovitz and Lew Daly, Unjust Deserts: How the Rich Are Taking Our Common Inheritance
James Bessen, Learning by Doing: The Real Connection between Innovation, Wages, and Wealth
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Dominique Foray, The Economics of Knowledge
Gene M. Grossman, Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy
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Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce C. Greenwald, Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress