Diego Comin — Why New Technologies Do Not Make Poor Countries Rich
06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, growth disasters, growth miracles, macroeconomics, technological progress Tags: Deigo Comin, technology diffusion
The Star Wars franchise and the fraying of civilisation
05 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, movies, technological progress Tags: star wars

Creative destruction from the first iPhone to the latest Apple Watch
04 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: Apple watch, creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, Iphone
Comparing first-gen iPhone (2007) to Apple Watch shows the march of technology, and yet slow progress in battery tech http://t.co/4MI2gG4kk5—
Darshan Shankar (@DShankar) April 03, 2015
Creative destruction in 3-D printers
04 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, Joseph Schumpeter
The first cell phone call was made 42 years ago today
04 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, technological progress Tags: cellphones, creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, innovation
"42 Years Ago today, Martin Cooper Made First Call Via A Cellular Phone In Public" prsm.tc/353dq7 @pmarca http://t.co/PnaeFT3WEr—
Evan Kirstel (@evankirstel) April 03, 2015
Hilarious old cellphone ads
02 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in technological progress Tags: cell phones. The Great Enrichment
The first home computer
30 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
Earth Hour celebrates ignorance, poverty and backwardness
29 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of media and culture, environmentalism, growth disasters, growth miracles, liberalism, Marxist economics, technological progress Tags: Earth Hour
Great Quote on Earth Hour, which Celebrates Ignorance, Poverty and Backwardness #HAH2015 aei.org/publication/ea… http://t.co/775bQhpiBs—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) March 28, 2015
Another job that was replaced by a robot
25 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, technological progress Tags: automation, creative destruction, technological unemployment
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