Creating a Learning Society
A New Approach to Growth, Development, and Social Progress
Reeks: Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series
Joseph E. Stiglitz ; Bruce C. Greenwald
- “A
- superb
- new
- understanding
- of
- the
- dynamic
- economy
- as
- a
- learning
- society,
- one
- that
- goes
- well
- beyond
- the
- usual
- treatment
- of
- education,
- training,
- and
- R&D.”—Robert
- Kuttner,
- author
- of
- The
- Stakes:
- 2020
- and
- the
- Survival
- of
- American
- DemocracySince
- its
- publication
- Creating
- a
- Learning
- Society
- has
- served
- as
- an
- effective
- tool
- for
- those
- who
- advocate
- government
- policies
- to
- advance
- science
- and
- technology.
- It
- shows
- persuasively
- how
- enormous
- increases
- in
- our
- standard
- of
- living
- have
- been
- the
- result
- of
- learning
- how
- to
- learn,
- and
- it
- explains
- how
- advanced
- and
- developing
- countries
- alike
- can
- model
- a
- new
- learning
- economy
- on
- this
- example.
- Creating
- a
- Learning
- Society:
- Reader’s
- Edition
- uses
- accessible
- language
- to
- focus
- on
- the
- work’s
- central
- message
- and
- policy
- prescriptions.
- As
- the
- book
- makes
- clear,
- creating
- a
- learning
- society
- requires
- good
- governmental
- policy
- in
- trade,
- industry,
- intellectual
- property,
- and
- other
- important
- areas.
- The
- text’s
- central
- thesis—that
- every
- policy
- affects
- learning—is
- critical
- for
- governments
- unaware
- of
- the
- innovative
- ways
- they
- can
- propel
- their
- economies
- forward.“Profound
- and
- dazzling.
- In
- their
- new
- book,
- Joseph
- E.
- Stiglitz
- and
- Bruce
- C.
- Greenwald
- study
- the
- human
- wish
- to
- learn
- and
- our
- ability
- to
- learn
- and
- so
- uncover
- the
- processes
- that
- relate
- the
- institutions
- we
- devise
- and
- the
- accompanying
- processes
- that
- drive
- the
- production,
- dissemination,
- and
- use
- of
- knowledge
- .
- .
- .
- This
- is
- social
- science
- at
- its
- best.”—Partha
- Dasgupta,
- University
- of
- Cambridge“An
- impressive
- tour
- de
- force,
- from
- the
- theory
- of
- the
- firm
- all
- the
- way
- to
- long-term
- development,
- guided
- by
- the
- focus
- on
- knowledge
- and
- learning
- .
- .
- .
- This
- is
- an
- ambitious
- book
- with
- far-reaching
- policy
- implications.”—Giovanni
- Dosi,
- director,
- Institute
- of
- Economics,
- Scuola
- Superiore
- Sant’Anna“[A]
- sweeping
- work
- of
- macroeconomic
- theory.”—Harvard
- Business Review
