| Description |
xii, 229 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : why innovation matters -- The economics of innovation -- Innovation and shared prosperity -- Switzerland : diffusion of innovation -- Austria : innovating from irrelevance -- Taiwan : the race between education and technological development -- Sweden : disruption and the (welfare) state -- Conclusion : innovation and shared prosperity. |
| Summary |
"From San Francisco to Shanghai, many of the world's most innovative places are highly unequal, with the benefits going to a small few. Rather than simply asking how we can create more high-tech cities and nations, Innovation for the Masses focuses on places that manage to foster innovation while also delivering the benefits more widely and equally. In this book, economist Neil Lee draws on case studies of Taiwan, Sweden, Austria, and Switzerland to set out how innovation can be successfully balanced toward equity. As high-tech economies around the world suffer from polarized labor markets and political realities that lock in these problems, this book looks beyond the United States to other models of distributing a leading-edge economy. Lee emphasizes the active role of the state in creating frameworks to ensure that benefits are broadly shared, and he reveals that strong policies for innovation and shared prosperity are mutually reinforcing. Ultimately, Innovation for the Masses provides a vital window into alternative models that prioritize equity, the roadblocks these models present, and what other countries can learn from them going forward"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
Technological innovations -- Economic aspects.
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Equality -- Economic aspects.
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Equality -- Economic aspects
(OCoLC)fst00914460
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Technological innovations -- Economic aspects
(OCoLC)fst01145010
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Lee, Neil (Economist). Innovation for the masses Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2023] 9780520394896 (DLC) 2023017171 |
| ISBN |
9780520394889 hardcover |
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0520394887 hardcover |
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9780520394896 electronic book |
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