Jump to content

Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 146.198.246.247 (talk) at 13:46, 23 November 2016 (Grammatical error.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital
Cover of the first edition (hardcover)
AuthorCarlota Perez
LanguageEnglish, Spanish 2004, Korean 2006, Chinese 2007, Russian 2010
GenreNon-fiction
Publication date
April 2003
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback) & ebook
Pages224 pp
ISBN1843763311

Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden Ages is a nonfiction book by Carlota Perez that seeks to academically treat the subject of financial bubbles in modern economies by analyzing the emergence of long term technology trends. The model articulated by Carlota Perez is applied to technology trends over the past three centuries with examples such as: the age of steam and railways, the age of steel and electricity, mass production and the automobile and the current information/knowledge society.[1][2]

Critical reviews

A Foreign Affairs review said "A broad-sweep 'think piece' in the Schumpeterian spirit, this book discusses the relationship between major technological innovations and financial booms and busts." [3]

An Economist article summarizes here work, "In her book, “Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital”, Ms Perez traces five boom-and-bust cycles of technological innovation: the industrial revolution; steam and railways; steel, electricity and heavy engineering; oil, cars and mass production; and information technology and telecommunications.[4]

References