UID:
almafu_9958352077302883
Format:
1 online resource(400 p.) :
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illustrations.
Edition:
Reader's Edition.
Edition:
Electronic reproduction. New York, NY : Columbia University Press, 2015. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Edition:
System requirements: Web browser.
Edition:
Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.
ISBN:
9780231540629
Series Statement:
Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series
Content:
Creating a Learning Society explains how the countries of the world went from centuries of stagnation to the enormous increases in standards of living that have marked the last two hundred and fifty years: they have learned how to learn. Yet, as Stiglitz and Greenwald make clear, markets won't succeed on their own in creating the learning society that we need. Achieving this requires good governmental policy in a variety of areas, including trade, industry, and intellectual property. Indeed, the central thesis of this book is that every policy--tax, regulation, and expenditure--affects learning, and that policymakers have been remiss in ignoring this. Some policies, such as the Washington Consensus policies foisted on developing countries by the World Bank and IMF, actually impede learning. In advanced and developing countries alike, Creating a Learning Society has had a remarkable reception. Governments in Malaysia, Singapore, Turkey, Jordan, and South Africa have signaled strong support for its policies, and a Dutch think tank closely allied with the government released a blueprint for creating a learning economy. This streamlined edition, intended for everyone from scholars to general readers, omits the original book's complicated mathematical equations and, in accessible language, focuses on its central messages and policy prescriptions.
Note:
Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface to the Reader’s Edition --
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Preface to the Original Edition --
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Acknowledgments --
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Introduction --
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Part one. Creating a Learning Society: A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress: Basic Concepts and Analysis --
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Chapter one. The Learning Revolution --
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Chapter two. On the Importance of Learning --
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Chapter three. A Learning Economy --
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Chapter four. Creating a Learning Firm and a Learning Environment --
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Chapter five. Market Structure, Welfare, and Learning --
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Chapter six. The Welfare Economics of Schumpeterian Competition --
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Chapter seven. Learning in a Closed Economy --
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Chapter eight. The Infant-Economy Argument for Protection: Trade Policy in a Learning Environment --
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Part two. Policies for a Learning Society --
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Chapter nine. The Role of Industrial and Trade Policy in Creating a Learning Society --
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Chapter ten. Financial Policy and Creating a Learning Society --
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Chapter eleven. Macroeconomic and Investment Policies for a Learning Society --
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Chapter twelve. Intellectual Property --
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Chapter thirteen. Social Transformation and the Creation of a Learning Society --
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Chapter fourteen. Concluding Remarks --
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Notes --
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References --
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Index
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In English.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780231175494
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7312/stig17549
