Category Archives: Economics of Science and Technology

Technological Progress in a Below Full Employment Economy

Posted on December 4, 2013 by pilkingtonphil

I recently came across a rather interesting argument that the famous Post-Keynesian economist Abba Lerner made in relation to his well-known doctrine of Functional Finance. Basically Lerner said that labour-saving technological innovation in a below full employment economy was not … Continue reading →

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What Happened to Science and Research Funding?

Posted on November 6, 2013 by pilkingtonphil

I’ll never forget the reaction of a scientist I once met, a chemist who had transitioned into corporate management, when I told her that I was an economist. “Oh,” she said, “so you’d know something about corporations and how they … Continue reading →

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