Is Innovation Exploding or Expiring?
Is global innovation waxing or waning? That depends on who you listen to. How we react to economic transitions can depend on the stories we hear and repeat about them. As Nobel laureate Robert Shiller...
Tyler Cowen
The Anti-Techonomic View: Economic Growth Is Over
The Techonomic view of how continued rapid technological innovation will transform society and industries is expressed on these pages every day. MIT economist Erik Brynjolfsson is among those who say "our best days are still...
Erik Brynjolfsson Argues that Tech is Major Driver of Economic Growth
In this session from Techonomy 2011, in Tuscon, Ariz., Erik Brynjolfsson, Director of the Center for Digital Business at MIT, argues that technology is a major driver of economic growth and productivity. Any lag in...
Tyler Cowen Doesn’t Believe Tech Is Central Economic Driving Force
In this debate from Techonomy 2011, in Tuscon, Ariz., Tyler Cowen, a professor of economics at George Mason University, argues that technology is not the main driving force behind the economy. In fact, says Cowen,...
