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principal engine for development in Western Europe during the last
250 years has been technological advance, although he also examines
the important role of natural resources. In the latter part of the book
he focuses on wider macroeconomic issues after WW1, but continues
his argument that knowledge is portable and public, and that business
willingness to take the risks to acquire new knowledge was a key factor
in growth. He examines a multitude of industries in great detail to see
whether this idea applies. Much food for thought on the reasons why
the efficiency gains of today's information industries take so long to
show up in overall productivity rates.
» Landes, D.S. (1969) The Unbound Prometheus: Technological
Change and Industrial Development in Western Europe from
1750 to the Present
. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge MA.
INTERNET RESOURCES
US Federal government
» http://www.census.gov/ Census Data: Population statistics US
Census Bureau.
» http://www.bls.gov/fls/ International Labor Statistics: Bureau of
Labor Statistics' site.
» http://www.cbo.gov/ The Congressional Budget Office: Source for
information on the finances and programs of the US federal govern-
ment.
» http://www.cbpp.org/ Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: US
Federal government budget figures.
Economists
» http://www.wws.princeton.edu/pkrugman/ Paul Krugman: A page
established and maintained by economist Paul Krugman to give
interested parties easy access to some of his more recent writings.
» http://www.stanford.edu/promer/ Paul Romer: Romer was the lead
developer of ``new growth theory.''
Statistical data
» http://www.economagic.com/ Economic Time Series Page: Econo-
magic has a database of over 100,000 economic time series. This is a
useful site for basic information on trends.
